Precision analysis of the photomultiplier response to ultra low signals
Abstract
Here, a new computational model for the description of the photon detector response functions measured in conditions of low light is presented, together with examples of the observed photomultiplier signal amplitude distributions, successfully described using the parameterized model equation. In extension to the previously known approximations, the new model describes the underlying discrete statistical behavior of the photoelectron cascade multiplication processes in photon detectors with complex non-uniform gain structure of the first dynode. Important features of the model include the ability to represent the true single-photoelectron spectra from different photomultipliers with a variety of parameterized shapes, reflecting the variability in the design and in the individual parameters of the detectors. The new software tool is available for evaluation of the detectors’ performance, response, and efficiency parameters that may be used in various applications including the ultra low background experiments such as the searches for Dark Matter and rare decays, underground neutrino studies, optimizing operations of the Cherenkov light detectors, help in the detector selection procedures, and in the experiment simulations.
- Authors:
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1374041
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1549820
- Report Number(s):
- JLAB-PHY-16-2311; DOE/OR/23177-3914; arXiv:1608.07525
Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002; PII: S0168900217308252; TRN: US1702548
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-06OR23177
- 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: 872; Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; Photon detector; Photomultiplier; Photoelectron; Signal amplitude spectra; Photon detection efficiency
Citation Formats
Degtiarenko, Pavel. Precision analysis of the photomultiplier response to ultra low signals. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2017.07.053.
Degtiarenko, Pavel. Precision analysis of the photomultiplier response to ultra low signals. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2017.07.053
Degtiarenko, Pavel. Sat .
"Precision analysis of the photomultiplier response to ultra low signals". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2017.07.053. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1374041.
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