Performance of Hamamatsu VUV4 SiPMs for detecting liquid argon scintillation

Pershing, T.; Xu, J.; Bernard, E.; Kingston, J.; Mizrachi, E.; Brodsky, J.; Razeto, A.; Kachru, P.; Bernstein, A.; Pantic, E.; Jovanovic, I.

doi:10.1088/1748-0221/17/04/p04017

Performance of Hamamatsu VUV4 SiPMs for detecting liquid argon scintillation

Journal Article · Wed Apr 27 00:00:00 EDT 2022 · Journal of Instrumentation

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/17/04/p04017· OSTI ID:1874490

Pershing, T. ^[1]; Xu, J. ^[2]; Bernard, E. ^[2]; Kingston, J. ^[3]; Mizrachi, E. ^[4]; Brodsky, J. ^[2]; Razeto, A. ^[5]; Kachru, P. ^[6]; Bernstein, A. ^[2]; Pantic, E. ^[7]; Jovanovic, I. ^[8]

Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); University of California, Davis
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States)
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)
INFN Lab. Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (Italy)
Gran Sasso Science Inst., L'Aquila (Italy)
Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States)
Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)

Detection of light signals is crucial to a wide range of particle detectors. In particular, efficient detection of vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) light will provide new opportunities for some novel detectors currently being developed, but is technically challenging. In this paper, we characterized the performance of Hamamatsu VUV4 silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) for detecting VUV argon scintillation light without wavelength shifting. Using a customized cryogenic amplifier design, we operated two models of VUV4 SiPMs inside liquid argon and thoroughly examined their direct sensitivities to liquid argon scintillation. In addition to describing their cryogenic performance, we measured a photon detection efficiency of 14.7^+1.1_-2.4% and 17.2^+1.6_-3.0% at 128 nm for these two VUV4 models for operation at 4 V of overvoltage, with the main uncertainty arising from the SiPM reflectivity for VUV light.

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Research Organization:: Gran Sasso Science Inst., LAquila (Italy); INFN Lab. Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (Italy); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States); Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States); Univ. of Michigan, College Park, MI (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344; NA0000979; NA0003920; NA0003996

OSTI ID:: 1874490

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1877330

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-831432

Journal Information:: Journal of Instrumentation, Journal Name: Journal of Instrumentation Journal Issue: 04 Vol. 17; ISSN 1748-0221

Publisher:: Institute of Physics (IOP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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