SILICON DETECTORS

Questions of the Referees:

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1. The foreseen parameters for the target Silicon detector is 150  m thickness, 10  m strip distance, and 40 MHz readout clock. Have there been prototype tests with such a detector and readout system, and what are the results? In particular, what is the signal-to-noise for minimum ionising particles?
2. By how much would a 20 or 10 MHz readout clock increase the deadtime for a) charm semileptonic decay, b) search for double-charmed baryons, c) central production?
3. After what time would it be necessary to change the target Silicon detectors, when running at full proton intensity?

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• Signal to noise ratio
• Readout frequency
• Radiation damage
• Conclusion