A vertex microstrip detector of the SVD setup for experiments on the IHEP accelerator

A precision vertex microstrip detector has been developed for the spectrometer with a vertex detector (SVD) setup on which the properties of hadrons and short-lived unstable particles are investigated on the accelerator of the Institute for High Energy Physics. The structure and the design of the main detector components—microstrip sensors and an active target—are presented, as well as techniques for manufacturing them. The readout electronics, the data acquisition system, and its software are also described. The accuracy in determining the vertex position is 70–250 µm along the beam axis and 8–15 µm in a transverse direction at a throughput of 500–1000 events/s.