Visible light photon counters (VLPCs) for high rate tracking medical imaging and particle astrophysics

Conference · Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1998

OSTI ID:570775

Atac, M

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.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH03000
• OSTI ID: 570775
• Report Number(s): FNAL/C-97/392; CONF-9707140-; ON: DE98052266; BR: KA HEP; TRN: 98:004437
• Resource Relation: Conference: 7. ICFA school on instrumentation in elementary particle physics, Leon (Mexico), 7-19 Jul 1997; Other Information: PBD: Feb 1998
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

44 INSTRUMENTATION
INCLUDING NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE DETECTORS
VISIBLE RADIATION
RADIATION DETECTORS
USES
DIAGNOSTIC USES
ASTROPHYSICS
SCINTILLATION COUNTERS
TESTING