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Silicon Detectors - HEPHY

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2.1 Materials
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Elemental semiconductors!<br />

! Germanium: Used in nuclear physics, due to small band gap<br />

(0.66 eV) needs cooling (usually done with liquid nitrogen at 77 K)!<br />

! <strong>Silicon</strong>: Standard material for vertex and tracking detectors in high<br />

energy physics, can be operated at room temperature, synergies with<br />

micro electronics industry.!<br />

! Diamond (CVD or single crystal): Large band gap, requires no<br />

depletion zone, very radiation hard, drawback is a low signal and high<br />

cost!!<br />

M. Krammer, Praktikum 2010/11! <strong>Silicon</strong> <strong>Detectors</strong>! 3!

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