Tests of a silicon photomultiplier module for detection of Cherenkov photons

R. Dolenec; H. Chagani; S. Korpar; P. Krian; R. Pestotnik; A. Stanovnik

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2010.07.010

Tests of a silicon photomultiplier module for detection of Cherenkov photons

R. Dolenec, H. Chagani, S. Korpar, P. Krian, R. Pestotnik, A. Stanovnik

Physics and Astronomy (Twin Cities)

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Abstract

Silicon photomultipliers, whose main advantage over conventional photomultiplier tubes is the operation in high magnetic fields, have been considered as position sensitive, single photon detectors in a proximity focusing RICH with aerogel radiator. A module, consisting of 64 (8×8) Hamamatsu MPPC S10362-11-100P silicon photomultipliers, has been constructed and tested with Cherenkov photons emitted in an aerogel radiator by 120 GeV/c pions from the CERN T4-H6 beam. In order to increase the efficiency, i.e. the effective surface on which light is detected, the potential of using light guides has been investigated.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	398-402
Number of pages	5
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	628
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2010.07.010
State	Published - Feb 2 2011

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We thank CERN for hospitality during the beam test, and Harris Kagan of Ohio State University for sharing his test beam period with us. This work was supported in part by the Slovenian Research Agency under Grants nos. J1-9840 and J1-9339 .

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Copyright 2011 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

Keywords

Light guides
Ring imaging Cherenkov detector
Silica aerogel radiator
Silicon photomultiplier

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