Direct tests of a pixelated microchannel plate as the active element of a shower maximum detector

Apresyan, A.; Los, S.; Pena, C.; Presutti, F.; Ronzhin, A.; Spiropulu, M.; Xie, S.

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2016.05.015

Title: Direct tests of a pixelated microchannel plate as the active element of a shower maximum detector

Abstract

One possibility to make a fast and radiation resistant shower maximum detector is to use a secondary emitter as an active element. We report our studies of microchannel plate photomultipliers (MCPs) as the active element of a shower-maximum detector. We present test beam results obtained using Photonis XP85011 to detect secondary particles of an electromagnetic shower. We focus on the use of the multiple pixels on the Photonis MCP in order to find a transverse two-dimensional shower distribution. A spatial resolution of 0.8 mm was obtained with an 8 GeV electron beam. As a result, a method for measuring the arrival time resolution for electromagnetic showers is presented, and we show that time resolution better than 40 ps can be achieved.

Authors:

Apresyan, A. ^[1]; Los, S. ^[2]; Pena, C. ^[1]; Presutti, F. ^[1]; Ronzhin, A. ^[2]; Spiropulu, M. ^[1]; Xie, S. ^[1]

California Inst. of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States)
Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)

Publication Date:: Sat May 07 00:00:00 EDT 2016

Research Org.:: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

OSTI Identifier:: 1291341

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1328495

Report Number(s):: FERMILAB-PUB-16-293-PPD
Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002; 1477970

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11359; AC02–07CH11359; SC0011925

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 828; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; microchannel plate photomultiplier; shower maximum; time resolution; electromagnetic calorimeters; collider experiments; precision timing

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                    Apresyan, A., Los, S., Pena, C., Presutti, F., Ronzhin, A., Spiropulu, M., and Xie, S. Direct tests of a pixelated microchannel plate as the active element of a shower maximum detector.  United States: N. p., 2016. 
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                    Apresyan, A., Los, S., Pena, C., Presutti, F., Ronzhin, A., Spiropulu, M., & Xie, S. Direct tests of a pixelated microchannel plate as the active element of a shower maximum detector.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2016.05.015

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                    Apresyan, A., Los, S., Pena, C., Presutti, F., Ronzhin, A., Spiropulu, M., and Xie, S. Sat .  
"Direct tests of a pixelated microchannel plate as the active element of a shower maximum detector".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2016.05.015.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1291341.

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  title        = {Direct tests of a pixelated microchannel plate as the active element of a shower maximum detector},

  author       = {Apresyan, A. and Los, S. and Pena, C. and Presutti, F. and Ronzhin, A. and Spiropulu, M. and Xie, S.},

  abstractNote = {One possibility to make a fast and radiation resistant shower maximum detector is to use a secondary emitter as an active element. We report our studies of microchannel plate photomultipliers (MCPs) as the active element of a shower-maximum detector. We present test beam results obtained using Photonis XP85011 to detect secondary particles of an electromagnetic shower. We focus on the use of the multiple pixels on the Photonis MCP in order to find a transverse two-dimensional shower distribution. A spatial resolution of 0.8 mm was obtained with an 8 GeV electron beam. As a result, a method for measuring the arrival time resolution for electromagnetic showers is presented, and we show that time resolution better than 40 ps can be achieved.},

  doi          = {10.1016/j.nima.2016.05.015},

  journal      = {Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment},

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  volume       = 828,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Sat May 07 00:00:00 EDT 2016},

  month        = {Sat May 07 00:00:00 EDT 2016}

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