Characterization of avalanche photodiodes (APDs) for the CUbesat Solar Polarimeter (CUSP) mission

Characterization of avalanche photodiodes (APDs) for the CUbesat Solar Polarimeter (CUSP) mission

The CUbesat Solar Polarimeter (CUSP) project is a CubeSat mission orbiting the Earth aimed to measure the linear polarization of solar flares in the hard X-ray band by means of a Compton scattering polarimeter. CUSP will allow the study of the magnetic reconnection and particle acceleration in the f...

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Hauptverfasser: Cologgi, F, Alimenti, A, Fabiani, S, Torokthii, K, Silva, E, Del Monte, E, Baffo, I, Bonomo, S, Brienza, D, Campana, R, Centrone, M, Contini, G, Costa, E, Curatolo, A, Cucinella, G, DevAngelis, N, De Cesare, G, Del Re, A, Di Cosimo, S, Di Filippo, S, Di Marco, A, Di Persio, G, Donnarumma, I, Fanelli, P, Leonetti, P, Locarini, A, Loffredo, P, Lombardi, G, Minervini, G, Modenini, D, Muleri, F, Natalucci, S, Nigri, A, Perelli, M, Rossi, M, Rubini, A, Scalise, E, Soffitta, P, Terracciano, C, Tortora, P, Zaccagnino, E, Zambardi, A
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Physics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Physics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Physics - Space Physics
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Zusammenfassung:The CUbesat Solar Polarimeter (CUSP) project is a CubeSat mission orbiting the Earth aimed to measure the linear polarization of solar flares in the hard X-ray band by means of a Compton scattering polarimeter. CUSP will allow the study of the magnetic reconnection and particle acceleration in the flaring magnetic structures of our star. CUSP is a project in the framework of the Alcor Program of the Italian Space Agency aimed at developing new CubeSat missions. It is approved for a Phase B study. In this work, we report on the characterization of the Avalanche Photodiodes (APDs) that will be used as readout sensors of the absorption stage of the Compton polarimeter. We assessed the APDs gain and energy resolution as a function of temperature by irradiating the sensor with a \textsuperscript{55}Fe radioactive source. Moreover, the APDs were also characterized as being coupled to a GAGG scintillator.
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.2407.04136