[Hadroproduction of charmed and bottom mesons (Fermilab experiment E-653): Progress report, April 1, 1987--March 31, 1988]

This progress report describes work ongoing at U of Oklahoma aimed at the development and utilization of double-sided solid state detectors. The devices are basically 300 {mu}m thick silicon detectors, operated in a highly depleted mode. A particle passing through deposits approximately 90 keV of energy. This signal is read out from electrodes on one face. The authors are developing devices with readouts on both faces, which should allow better spatial resolution in multistripe detectors. If signal to noise ratios can be kept high, and noise levels made low enough, for detector preamplifier systems, then such detectors may be part of a B {bar B} collider proposal. Results are included on signal correlations from a `micron` double-sided mini-stripe detector