Preliminary test of topmetal-II− sensor for X-ray polarization measurements

Zili Li; Huanbo Feng; Xuefeng Huang; Jin Zhang; Jiaqi Su; Xinchen Cai; Zuke Feng; Qian Liu; Hongbang Liu; Chaosong Gao; Le Xiao; Xiangming Sun

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2021.165430

Preliminary test of topmetal-II⁻ sensor for X-ray polarization measurements

Zili Li
, Huanbo Feng
, Xuefeng Huang
, Jin Zhang
, Jiaqi Su
, Xinchen Cai
, Zuke Feng
, Qian Liu
, Hongbang Liu^*
, Chaosong Gao
, Le Xiao
, Xiangming Sun

^*Corresponding author for this work

Central China Normal University
Guangxi University
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Abstract

We present the assembly and preliminary results of a prototype detector, which was developed to evaluate the performance of the Topmetal-II⁻ for application in Soft X-ray Polarimeter (SXP). SXP is used to measure the polarization of X-rays emitted from randomly occurring gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and other specific dense celestial bodies. The Topmetal-II⁻ is a silicon pixel sensor designed to directly track charged particles. The test was conducted on a gas mixture of Ne and DME at 0.8 atm pressure, and the Topmetal-II⁻ sensor was used to image the photoelectron tracks. Typical real X-ray tracks obtained under four conditions are presented in this paper. The modulation factor derived from the tracks of 100% polarized 4.5 keV X-rays reached ∼ 29% at ∼ 53% signal efficiency, with a residual modulation of the order of ∼ 2% for unpolarized 5.9 keV X-rays.

Original language	English
Article number	165430
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	1008
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2021.165430
Publication status	Published - 21 Aug 2021
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Gas Pixel Detector
Photoelectron track
THGEM
Topmetal
X-ray polarimetry

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Li, Z., Feng, H., Huang, X., Zhang, J., Su, J., Cai, X., Feng, Z., Liu, Q., Liu, H., Gao, C., Xiao, L., & Sun, X. (2021). Preliminary test of topmetal-II⁻ sensor for X-ray polarization measurements. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 1008, Article 165430. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2021.165430

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