The Terzina Payload on NUSES: Silicon Photomultipliers Performance and Radiation Damage Mitigation in Low Earth Orbit
Year: 2025
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) are increasingly favored for detecting near-UV, visible, and infrared light in space due to their high sensitivity to single photons and compact design. While SiPMs offer several advantages over traditional photomultiplier tubes, their susceptibility to radiation and noise remains an issue. Our study intended to determine the optimal SiPM design for the Terzina Cherenkov satellite in sun-synchronous low Earth orbit (LEO) at an altitude of 550 km. To this end, we characterised several NUV-HD-MT SiPM variants, developed by Fondazione Bruno Kessler, and studied their responses to irradiation by exposing them to a 50 MeV proton beam and to electrons from the $\beta$-emitting source strontium-90. Experimental results were cross-validated with SPENVIS and Geant4 simulations. Based on our findings, we also propose an annealing strategy to mitigate radiation damage and ensure reliable performance in space-based applications.
DOI: 10.22323/1.501.0235
Authors: Shideh Davarpanah, Muhammd Abdullahi, Roberto Aloisio, Francesco Arneodo, Sindorjon Ashurov, Uygar Atalay, Felicia C. T. Barbato, Roberto Battiston, Mario E. Bertaina, Elisabetta Bissaldi, Denise Boncioli, Leonid Burmistrov, Franck Cadoux, Irene Cagnoli, Elisabetta Casilli, Daniele Cortis, Austin Cummings, Martina D'Arco, Ivan De Mitri, Giuseppe De Robertis, Adriano Di Giovanni, Andrea Di Salvo, Leonardo Di Venere, Johannes Eser, Yannick Favre, Sara Fogliacco, Giulio Fontanella, Piergiorgio Fusco, Sara Garbolino, Fabio Gargano, Mario Giliberti, Fausto Guarino, Mathieu Heller, Tengiz Ibrayev, Roberto Iuppa, Artem Knyazev, John Francis Krizmanic, Dimitrios Kyratzis, Francesco Licciulli, Antonio Liguori, Francesco Loparco, Leonarda Lorusso, Mosè Mariotti, Mario Nicola Mazziotta, Marco Mese, Marco Mignone, Teresa Montaruli, Riccardo Nicolaidis, Francesco Nozzoli, Angela Olinto, Donato Orlandi, Giuseppe Osteria, Pietro Antonio Palmieri, Beatrice Panico, Giuliana Panzarini, Diptiranjan Pattanaik, Lorenzo Perrone, Herman Pessoa Lima, Roberta Pillera, Riccardo Rando, Angelo Rivetti, Vincenzo Rizi, Abhijit Roy, Francesco Salamida, Ritabrata Sarkar, Pierpaolo Savina, Viviana Scherini, Valentina Scotti, Davide Serini, David Shledewitz, Iqra Siddique, Leandro Silveri, Aleksei Smirnov, Rodrigo Alberto Torres Saavedra, Caterina Trimarelli, Paolo Zuccon, Stefan C. Zugravel
Language: English
Subfield: Radiation
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4414420561
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