Visible Light Photon Counters (VLPCs) for high rate tracking medical imaging and particle astrophysics

Journal Article · Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1998 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.56977· OSTI ID:337484

Atac, M ^[1]

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1. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510 (United States)

This paper is on the operation principles of the Visible Light Photon Counters (VLPCs), application to high luminosity-high multiplicity tracking for High Energy Charged Particle Physics, and application to Medical Imaging and Particle Astrophysics. The VLPCs as Solid State Photomultipliers (SSPMs) with high quantum efficiency can detect down to single photons very efficiently with excellent time resolution and high avalanche gains. {copyright} {ital 1998 American Institute of Physics.}

• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• OSTI ID: 337484
• Report Number(s): CONF-9711182-; ISSN 0094-243X; TRN: 99:005445
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 450, Issue 1; Conference: SciFi `97: workshop on scintillating fiber detectors, Notre Dame, IN (United States), 2-6 Nov 1997; Other Information: PBD: Nov 1998
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

44 INSTRUMENTATION
INCLUDING NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE DETECTORS
PARTICLE TRACKS
BIOMEDICAL RADIOGRAPHY
SCINTILLATION COUNTERS
OPERATION
HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
PHOTOMULTIPLIERS
QUANTUM EFFICIENCY
TIME RESOLUTION
OPTICAL FIBERS