Diamond-like carbon coatings for cryogenic operation of particle detectors

Sara Leardini; Yi Zhou; Andrea Tesi; Miguel Morales; Diego González-Díaz; Amos Breskin; Shikma Bressler; Luca Moleri; Vladimir Peskov

doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2023.168104

Diamond-like carbon coatings for cryogenic operation of particle detectors

Sara Leardini, Yi Zhou, Andrea Tesi, Miguel Morales, Diego González-Díaz, Amos Breskin, Shikma Bressler, Luca Moleri, Vladimir Peskov

Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics

Weizmann Institute of Science

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Abstract

Characterization of diamond-like carbon (DLC) coatings at cryogenic temperatures (down to 77 K) is presented, covering the electrical resistivity range of practical interest to gaseous and liquid particle instrumentation: 10⁻¹−10⁵ MΩ/□. The good behaviour observed in terms of linearity, surface uniformity and stability with time and transported charge add to other well-known characteristics like low chemical reactivity and tolerance to radiation. The observed temperature dependence and stability of electrical properties with transported charge is consistent with a conductivity mechanism based on 2-dimensional variable-range electron hopping, as expected for the surface conductivity of thin films made from amorphous carbon. First results from a resistive-protected WELL detector (‘RWELL’) built with DLC and operated close to the liquid–vapour coexistence point of argon(87.5 K at 1 bar) are presented.

Original language	English
Article number	168104
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	1049
Early online date	2 Feb 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2023.168104
State	Published - Apr 2023

Keywords

DLC
Diamond-like carbon
Dual-phase TPCs
Liquid argon
RWELL

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Instrumentation

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Leardini, S., Zhou, Y., Tesi, A., Morales, M., González-Díaz, D., Breskin, A., Bressler, S., Moleri, L., & Peskov, V. (2023). Diamond-like carbon coatings for cryogenic operation of particle detectors. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 1049, Article 168104. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2023.168104

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