Abstract
We report on the performance of a monitoring system for a prototype calorimeter for the BTeV experiment that uses lead tungstate crystals coupled with photomultiplier tubes. The tests were carried out at the 70-GeV accelerator complex at Protvino, Russia.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 486-495 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment |
Volume | 534 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 1 2004 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We thank the IHEP management for providing us infrastructure support and accelerator time. We thank Sten Hansen for developing and producing the PMT amplifiers for our studies. Special thanks to Fermilab for providing equipment for data acquisition. This work was partially supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy as well as the Russian Foundation for Basic Research Grant 02-02-39008.
Keywords
- Calorimeter
- Light emitting diode
- Monitoring system
- Scintillating crystal
- Stability