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Silicon Drift detectors are nowadays being used in ultrarelativistic heavy-ion experiments at CERN-SPS to detect charged particles at midrapidity. For 158 A GeV Pb+Pb central collisions particle density in most populated part of detector reaches up to 100 particles/cm2. For reliable interpretation of detector data it is thus necessary to analyze in detail effects of high particle occupancy on detector efficiency and precision of hit position reconstruction.
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Petráček, V. Silicon drift detectors in high particle density environment. Czech J Phys 48 (Suppl 1), 87–96 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10582-998-0012-1
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10582-998-0012-1