Published April 2008 | Version v1
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Measurement of incident position of hypervelocity particles on piezoelectric lead zirconate titanate detector

Creators

  • 1. Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka City University, Osaka 558-8585 (Japan)
  • 2. Advanced Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo 169-8555 (Japan)
  • 3. Department of Physics, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Tochigi 321-0293 (Japan)
  • 4. Faculty of Marine Science, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo 108-8477 (Japan)
  • 5. National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Iwate 023-0861 (Japan)
  • 6. Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501 (Japan)
  • 7. Research Center for Nuclear Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Ibaraki 319-1106 (Japan)
  • 8. Max-Planck-Institut fuer Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg (Germany)
  • 9. Honda Electronics Co., Ltd., Aichi 441-3193 (Japan)

Description

A cosmic dust detector for use onboard a satellite is currently being developed by using piezoelectric lead zirconate titanate (PZT). The characteristics of the PZT detector have been studied by bombarding it with hypervelocity iron (Fe) particles supplied by a Van de Graaff accelerator. One central electrode and four peripheral electrodes were placed on the front surface of the PZT detector to measure the impact positions of the incident Fe particles. It was demonstrated that the point of impact on the PZT detector could be identified by using information on the time at which the first peak of the output signal obtained from each electrode appeared

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1063/1.2908206;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Review of Scientific Instruments
Journal Volume
79
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 043303-043303.4
ISSN
0034-6748
CODEN
RSINAK

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
40006591
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
COLLISIONS; COSMIC DUST; ELECTRODES; IRON; PARTICLES; PIEZOELECTRICITY; POSITION SENSITIVE DETECTORS; PZT; SATELLITES; SIGNALS; TRANSDUCERS; VAN DE GRAAFF ACCELERATORS
Descriptors DEC
ACCELERATORS; DUSTS; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROSTATIC ACCELERATORS; ELEMENTS; LEAD COMPOUNDS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; METALS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; RADIATION DETECTORS; TITANATES; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION ELEMENTS; ZIRCONATES; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS

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(c) 2008 American Institute of Physics