Sensors (Jul 2018)

SiCILIA—Silicon Carbide Detectors for Intense Luminosity Investigations and Applications

  • Salvatore Tudisco,
  • Francesco La Via,
  • Clementina Agodi,
  • Carmen Altana,
  • Giacomo Borghi,
  • Maurizio Boscardin,
  • Giancarlo Bussolino,
  • Lucia Calcagno,
  • Massimo Camarda,
  • Francesco Cappuzzello,
  • Diana Carbone,
  • Salvatore Cascino,
  • Giovanni Casini,
  • Manuela Cavallaro,
  • Caterina Ciampi,
  • Giuseppe Cirrone,
  • Giacomo Cuttone,
  • Alberto Fazzi,
  • Dario Giove,
  • Giuseppe Gorini,
  • Luca Labate,
  • Gaetano Lanzalone,
  • Grazia Litrico,
  • Giuseppe Longo,
  • Domenico Lo Presti,
  • Marco Mauceri,
  • Roberto Modica,
  • Maurizio Moschetti,
  • Annamaria Muoio,
  • Franco Musumeci,
  • Gabriele Pasquali,
  • Giada Petringa,
  • Nicolò Piluso,
  • Giacomo Poggi,
  • Stefania Privitera,
  • Sebastiana Puglia,
  • Valeria Puglisi,
  • Marica Rebai,
  • Sabina Ronchin,
  • Antonello Santangelo,
  • Andrea Stefanini,
  • Antonio Trifirò,
  • Massimo Zimbone

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/s18072289
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 18, no. 7
p. 2289

Abstract

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Silicon carbide (SiC) is a compound semiconductor, which is considered as a possible alternative to silicon for particles and photons detection. Its characteristics make it very promising for the next generation of nuclear and particle physics experiments at high beam luminosity. Silicon Carbide detectors for Intense Luminosity Investigations and Applications (SiCILIA) is a project starting as a collaboration between the Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN) and IMM-CNR, aiming at the realization of innovative detection systems based on SiC. In this paper, we discuss the main features of silicon carbide as a material and its potential application in the field of particles and photons detectors, the project structure and the strategies used for the prototype realization, and the first results concerning prototype production and their performance.

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