Solid-State Radiation Detectors

1	Modern Semiconductor Pixel Detectors Used as Radiation Monitors Martin Kroupa, Nicholas N. Stoffle, Son Hoang, J. Idarraga-Munoz, and Lawrence S. Pinsky

CONTENTS

1.1    Introduction

1.2    Radiation in Space

1.2.1    Radiation near Earth

1.3    Radiation Monitors

1.4    New Radiation Environment Monitor Based on Pixel-Detector Technology

1.4.1    Charge-Integrating Devices

1.4.2    Single-Quantum Counting Devices

1.4.3    Timepix Detector

1.4.3.1    Energy Calibration

1.4.3.2    Timepix on ISS

1.5    Advantages of Pixel Detectors

1.6    Future of Radiation Monitors Based on Pixel Detectors

Acknowledgment

References

1.1    INTRODUCTION

In our daily lives, radiation cannot be seen,^* smelled, or heard; that might be why it retains an aura ...