The H1 Silicon Vertex Detector

TL;DR

The paper details the design, construction, and initial performance results of the H1 silicon vertex detector, a complex system utilizing silicon sensors, optical data transmission, and custom electronics for particle detection.

Contribution

It introduces a novel silicon vertex detector with a custom analog pipeline chip and optical data transmission for high-energy physics experiments.

Findings

Successful construction and deployment of the detector

Performance figures from initial data taking are promising

Demonstrated effective data readout and processing

Abstract

The design, construction and performance of the H1 silicon vertex detector is described. It consists of two cylindrical layers of double sided, double metal silicon sensors read out by a custom designed analog pipeline chip. The analog signals are transmitted by optical fibers to a custom designed ADC board and are reduced on PowerPC processors. Details of the design and construction are given and performance figures from the first data taking periods are presented.