A Hydrogenated amorphous silicon detector for Space Weather Applications

2023/02/01 by C. Grimani, Michele Fabi, Grimani, Catia +73 · 1 citation
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies #solar cell performance optimization #Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2302.00339

Abstract

The characteristics of a hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) detector are presented here for monitoring in space solar flares and the evolution of large energetic proton events up to hundreds of MeV. The a-Si:H presents an excellent radiation hardness and finds application in harsh radiation environments for medical purposes, for particle beam characterization and in space weather science and applications. The critical flux detection threshold for solar X rays, soft gamma rays, electrons and protons is discussed in detail.

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