Diamond Detectors for Ionizing Radiation - HEPHY
Diamond Detectors for Ionizing Radiation - HEPHY
Diamond Detectors for Ionizing Radiation - HEPHY
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Appendix A<br />
Abbreviations and Symbols<br />
The list below explains abbreviations used in this thesis.<br />
Abbreviation Meaning (explanation)<br />
AC<br />
Alternating current<br />
ADC<br />
Analog-to-digital converter<br />
ATLAS A toroidal LHC apparatus (LHC experiment)<br />
CAMAC (Standardized instrumentation <strong>for</strong> high energy physics, consisting of a crate<br />
and modules)<br />
CCD<br />
Charge coupled device (video pixel chip)<br />
CERN<br />
European Laboratory <strong>for</strong> Particle Physics, Geneva, CH<br />
CMC<br />
Common mode correction (method <strong>for</strong> removing shifts of all amplier<br />
channels)<br />
CMS<br />
Compact Muon Solenoid (LHC experiment)<br />
CVD<br />
Chemical vapor deposition (growth process <strong>for</strong> diamond)<br />
DC<br />
Direct current<br />
Fermilab Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, USA<br />
GSI<br />
Gesellschaft fur Schwerionen<strong>for</strong>schung, Darmstadt, D<br />
<strong>HEPHY</strong> Institute of High Energy Physics, Vienna, A [1]<br />
HF<br />
High frequency<br />
HV<br />
High voltage<br />
LHC<br />
Large Hadron Collider (future accelerator at CERN)<br />
MIP<br />
Minimum ionizing particle<br />
OTA<br />
Operational transconductance amplier<br />
ppm<br />
Parts per million<br />
PS<br />
Proton Synchrotron (CERN accelerator)<br />
PSI<br />
Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, CH<br />
RD42<br />
Research & Development Programme 42 (diamond collaboration at CERN)<br />
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