Performance of a GridPix detector based on the Timepix3 chip
C. Ligtenberg, K. Heijhoff, Y. Bilevych, K. Desch, H. van der Graaf,, F. Hartjes, J. Kaminski, P.M. Kluit, G. Raven, T. Schiffer, J. Timmermans

TL;DR
This paper evaluates a GridPix detector based on the Timepix3 chip for use in a linear collider's TPC, demonstrating high efficiency, precise tracking, and good energy resolution in test beam conditions.
Contribution
It introduces a GridPix detector with a Timepix3 chip, showing its high efficiency, precise position measurement, and energy resolution capabilities for future collider applications.
Findings
Detects single ionization electrons with high efficiency
Achieves a 4.1% dE/dx resolution over 1 meter
Systematic distortions are below 10 micrometers
Abstract
A GridPix readout for a TPC based on the Timepix3 chip is developed for future applications at a linear collider. The GridPix detector consists of a gaseous drift volume read out by a single Timepix3 chip with an integrated amplification grid. Its performance is studied in a test beam with 2.5 GeV electrons. The GridPix detector detects single ionization electrons with high efficiency. The Timepix3 chip allowed for high sample rates and time walk corrections. Diffusion is found to be the dominating error on the track position measurement both in the pixel plane and in the drift direction, and systematic distortions in the pixel plane are below 10 m. Using a truncated sum, an energy loss (dE/dx) resolution of 4.1% is found for an effective track length of 1 m.
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