PIPS Diode Test Setup for Heavy Ion Beam Spectral Characterization

In order to have an independent, repeatable, consistent, and flexible method to assess and compare heavy ion beams produced by different heavy ion irradiation facilities, a system has been developed in ESA laboratories to acquire and analyze the energy spectra of heavy ion beams. This system based on silicon detector is composed of a degrader system and detector to allow the acquisition of several measurement points. By coupling this measurement with simulation, it would be theoretically possible to identify an ion species.

I. Introduction

To support the execution of radiation testing, ESA has established since the early 1990 s collaboration with several radiation facilities providing particle beams for radiation hardness assurance (RHA) testing, in particular with RADEF [1], PSI [2], and UCLouvain [3], but also with PARTEC [4], GANIL [5], GSI [6], CERN [7], and others in Europe and worldwide.