title: Synchrotron radiation hardness studies of PILATUS II.
abstract: A synchrotron beam has been used to investigate the radiation tolerance of a PILATUS II module. It has been demonstrated that radiation-induced threshold shifts become significant above 30 Mrad. Individual adjustment of pixel thresholds after irradiation enabled retention of standard behaviour in excess of 40 Mrad. This implies that a module can be continuously irradiated for in excess of 40 days at an individual pixel count rate of 10(6) counts s(-1).
authors.affiliation: School of Physics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia. sbryn@physics.unimelb.edu.au
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Sobott
authors.forename: Ch
authors.initials: Ch
authors.lastname: Broennimann
authors.forename: E F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Eikenberry
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dinapoli
authors.forename: P
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authors.lastname: Kraft
authors.forename: G N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Willmott
authors.forename: C M
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authors.lastname: Schlepütz
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authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Rassool