A Hydrogenated amorphous silicon detector for Space Weather Applications
- 1University of Urbino, Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, Urbino, Italy (catia.grimani@uniurb.it; f.sabbatini1@campus.uniurb.it)
- 2INFN, Italy for the HASPIDE Collaboration
- *A full list of authors appears at the end of the abstract
The fleet of present and future space missions aimed at studying the Sun and the solar-terrestrial relationships carry
particle detectors, among other instruments. The monitoring of intense solar activity and solar energetic particle (SEP)
events provide fundamental contributions to Space Weather and Space Weather science. Unfortunately, very few of these instruments are optimized
for the measurement of the proton differential flux above 200 MeV/n. We show that by increasing this minimum energy to 400-600 MeV/n it is possible to infer the trend of the differential flux with small uncertainties up to GeV energies, while this is not the case if the measurements are limited to 200 MeV/n. To this purpose, we report on the characteristics of a single instrument meant for the detection of solar flares and high-energy particles, galactic magnetar activity and gamma-ray burst observations. The instrument is based on hydrogenated amorphous silicon as a sensitive material that presents an excellent radiation hardness and finds application for particle beam characterization and medical purposes.
the HASPIDE Collaboration
How to cite: Grimani, C. and Sabbatini, F. and the HASPIDE Collaboration: A Hydrogenated amorphous silicon detector for Space Weather Applications, EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, 14–19 Apr 2024, EGU24-10520, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-10520, 2024.
