Irradiation tests performed on the Herschel/Pacs bolometer arrays

Details Irradiation tests performed on the Herschel/Pacs bolometer arrays Irradiation tests performed on the Herschel/Pacs bolometer arrays

2010-06-22

arxiv.org/abs/1006.4232v1

PROCEEDINGS OF THE 9th EUROPEAN WORKSHOP ON RADIATION EFFECTS ON COMPONENTS AND SYSTEMS (RADECS 2006 WORKSHOP) - ATHENS, GREEC

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics

4 pages, 6 figures

Scientific paper

A new concept of bolometer arrays is used for the imager of PACS, one of the three instruments aboard the future Herschel space observatory. Within the framework of PACS photometer characterization, irradiation tests were performed on a dedicated bolometer array in order to study long-term and short-term radiation effects. The main objective was to study particles impacts on the detectors applicable to future observations in orbit and possible hard and/or soft curing to restore its performances. Cobalt-60 gamma ray irradiations did not show significant degradation, so we mainly focused on single events effects (SEE). Protons and alphas irradiations were then performed at the Van de Graaf tandem accelerator at the Institut de Physique Nucleaire (IPN, Orsay, France), respectively at 20MeV and 30MeV. Observation showed that the shape of signal perturbations clearly depends on the location of the impacts either on the detector itself or the read-out circuit. Software curing has then to be anticipated in order to deglitch the signal. This test gives also a unique opportunity to measure some parameters of the detector: electrical crosstalk and thermo- electrical time constant. However a detailed bolometer model is necessary to understand the contribution of the thermal response in relation with the electrical response. It will be the second step of our study. Finally the complete radiation evaluation proved that this detector can be used in spatial experiments.

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