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Photon detectors for the HERA-B rich

Conference ·
OSTI ID:513063
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  1. Univ. of Ljubljana (Slovenia); and others
A summary of experimental studies of different photon detectors is presented. A CsI photocathode in a multiwire proportional chamber, a TMAE based gaseous photon detector and a new Hamamatsu multianode photomultiplier tube have been investigated in order to evaluate their suitability as photon detectors in the ring imaging Cherenkov counter of HERA-B. The results of the present work suggest that only the MA-PMT meets the demanding requirements of the HERA-B experimental environment. The CsI-MWPC cannot be routinely produced and maintained with sufficiently high quantum efficiency and the TMAE photon detectors lose gain as a result of relatively quick anode wire ageing.
OSTI ID:
513063
Report Number(s):
CONF-961123--
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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