This work was done in the framework of the COMPASS experiment. Silicon detectors are used in COMPASS for the reconstruction of beam particle upstream of the target. The harsh radiation to which they are exposed degradates the detector's performance. A method to use reliably silicon detectors in high radiation environment is to operate them a cryogenic temperatures. At low temperatures the Charge Collection Efficiency (CCE) of heavily damaged silicon detectors has a dramatic increase, with a maximum at T=130 K ( Lazarus effect). In the first part of this work the design and realisation of a silicon microstrip detector system operated at cryogenic temperature have been discussed. During 2003 the detector system was installed and tested at 130 K in COMPASS, but only with some preliminary part of the equipment. The second part of this work has been devoted to the study of Ξ0* resonances and the search for a pentaquark candidate Ξ--, having a similar decay chain, with COMPASS. While a clean Ξ0* signal has been observed, there is no evidence of a Ξ--. The total cross section for Ξ0* and the upper limit for the Ξ-- have been estimated.
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This work was done in the framework of the COMPASS experiment. Silicon detectors are used in COMPASS for the reconstruction of beam particle upstream of the target. The harsh radiation to which they are exposed degradates the detector's performance. A method to use reliably silicon detectors in high radiation environment is to operate them a cryogenic temperatures. At low temperatures the Charge Collection Efficiency (CCE) of heavily damaged silicon detectors has a dramatic increase, with a maxi...
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