AlGaAs two by two pixel detector for electron spectroscopy in space environments
- Submitting institution
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University of Sussex
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 328261_87980
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.nima.2019.163039
- Title of journal
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
- Article number
- a163039
- First page
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- Volume
- 951
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 0168-9002
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- October
- Year of publication
- 2019
- URL
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2019.163039
- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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4
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- Space-born electron spectrometers are emerging as a critical technology for planetary science and astrobiology. Electron induced radiolysis of materials on comets and icy moons is thought to be a key process in the development of life. However, existing instrumentation requires heavy and expensive radiation shielding to protect it from the space environment. In this agenda-setting work, new instrumentation was developed which does not require such shielding, thus freeing spacecraft payload for other instruments and potentially saving $millions in future space mission costs. Truly interdisciplinary, the work included world-leading epitaxial engineering, device design, characterisation, Monte Carlo modelling, and radiation detection research.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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