IPAC2011 - List of Authors (Wittschen, J.C.)

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TUPC074	A New Counting Silicon Strip Detector System for Precise Compton Polarimetry	1171
	R. Zimmermann, W. Hillert, J.C. Wittschen ELSA, Bonn, Germany
	Funding: Supported by the German Research Foundation within the SFB/TR16 A Compton polarimeter is currently being installed at the Electron Stretcher Facility ELSA to monitor the degree of polarization of the stored electron beam. For this purpose, circularly polarized light that is emitted by a laser and backscattered off the beam has to be detected. Above all, as a result of ELSA's beam energies, it is necessary to measure the shift of the center of the photon spatial distribution which is obtained when the polarization of the laser is switched from left-hand to right-hand circular polarization with an accuracy of a few microns. In order to meet the required specifications, a new counting silicon strip detector system has been developed in cooperation with the SiLab/ATLAS group of the Physics Institute of the University of Bonn. In this contribution, the design of the system will be presented and first results will be shown.

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A New Counting Silicon Strip Detector System for Precise Compton Polarimetry

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R. Zimmermann, W. Hillert, J.C. Wittschen
ELSA, Bonn, Germany

Funding: Supported by the German Research Foundation within the SFB/TR16
A Compton polarimeter is currently being installed at the Electron Stretcher Facility ELSA to monitor the degree of polarization of the stored electron beam. For this purpose, circularly polarized light that is emitted by a laser and backscattered off the beam has to be detected. Above all, as a result of ELSA's beam energies, it is necessary to measure the shift of the center of the photon spatial distribution which is obtained when the polarization of the laser is switched from left-hand to right-hand circular polarization with an accuracy of a few microns. In order to meet the required specifications, a new counting silicon strip detector system has been developed in cooperation with the SiLab/ATLAS group of the Physics Institute of the University of Bonn. In this contribution, the design of the system will be presented and first results will be shown.