Tests of a silicon photo-multiplier module for detection of Cherenkov photons

Sarno Korpar; Ichiro Adachi; Hassan Chagani; Rok Dolenec; Torn Iijirna; Peter Križan; Rok Pestotnik; Aleš Stanovnik

doi:10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4775013

Tests of a silicon photo-multiplier module for detection of Cherenkov photons

Sarno Korpar, Ichiro Adachi, Hassan Chagani, Rok Dolenec, Torn Iijirna, Peter Križan, Rok Pestotnik, Aleš Stanovnik

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Abstract

The present work investigates the potential of silicon photomultipliers as position sensitive detectors of single photons in a ring imaging Cherenkov counter. The main advantage of silicon photomultipliers is their insensitivity to high magnetic fields, so they can be used inside large magnetic spectrometers. A module, consisting of 64 (=8×8) Hamamatsu MPPC 810362II- lOOP 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, we have made and tested pyramidal light concentrators. The results of these tests indicate that a RICH counter based on silicon photomultipliers is feasible.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2008 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, NSS/MIC 2008
Pages	3115-3118
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4775013
State	Published - 2008
Externally published	Yes
Event	2008 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, NSS/MIC 2008 - Dresden, Germany Duration: Oct 19 2008 → Oct 25 2008

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Name	IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
ISSN (Print)	1095-7863

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Other	2008 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, NSS/MIC 2008
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Dresden
Period	10/19/08 → 10/25/08

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Funding Information:
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 .

Keywords

Aerogel
Ring imaging cherenkov detector
Silicon photo-multiplier

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Korpar, S., Adachi, I., Chagani, H., Dolenec, R., Iijirna, T., Križan, P., Pestotnik, R., & Stanovnik, A. (2008). Tests of a silicon photo-multiplier module for detection of Cherenkov photons. In 2008 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, NSS/MIC 2008 (pp. 3115-3118). Article 4775013 (IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record). https://doi.org/10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4775013

Tests of a silicon photo-multiplier module for detection of Cherenkov photons. / Korpar, Sarno; Adachi, Ichiro; Chagani, Hassan et al.
2008 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, NSS/MIC 2008. 2008. p. 3115-3118 4775013 (IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record).

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Korpar, S, Adachi, I, Chagani, H, Dolenec, R, Iijirna, T, Križan, P, Pestotnik, R & Stanovnik, A 2008, Tests of a silicon photo-multiplier module for detection of Cherenkov photons. in 2008 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, NSS/MIC 2008., 4775013, IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, pp. 3115-3118, 2008 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, NSS/MIC 2008, Dresden, Germany, 10/19/08. https://doi.org/10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4775013

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