Test and characterization of 400 Hamamatsu R5912-MOD photomultiplier tubes for the ICARUS T600 detector

Babicz, M.; Bagby, L.; Baibussinov, B.; Bellini, V.; Bonesini, M.; Braggiotti, A.; Centro, S.; Cervi, T.; Cocco, A. G.; Falcone, A.; Farnese, C.; Fava, A.; Fichera, F.; Gibin, D.; Guglielmi, A.; Kose, U.; Mazza, R.; Menegolli, A.; Meng, G.; Montanari, C.; Nessi, M.; Picchi, P.; Pietropaolo, F.; Prata, M. C.; Rappoldi, A.; Raselli, G. L.; Rossella, M.; Rubbia, C.; Sala, P.; Scaramelli, A.; Sergiampietri, F.; Spanu, M.; Torti, M.; Tortorici, F.; Varanini, F.; Ventura, S.; Vignoli, C.; Zani, A.

doi:10.1088/1748-0221/13/10/P10030

Title: Test and characterization of 400 Hamamatsu R5912-MOD photomultiplier tubes for the ICARUS T600 detector

Journal Article · 25 October 2018 · Journal of Instrumentation

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/13/10/P10030 · OSTI ID:1478057

Babicz, M.; Bagby, L.; Baibussinov, B.; Bellini, V.; Bonesini, M.; Braggiotti, A.; Centro, S.; Cervi, T.; Cocco, A. G.; Falcone, A.; Farnese, C.; Fava, A.; Fichera, F.; Gibin, D.; Guglielmi, A.; Kose, U.; Mazza, R.; Menegolli, A.; Meng, G.; Montanari, C. more »

ICARUS T600 will be operated as far detector of the Short Baseline Neutrino program at Fermilab (U.S.A.), which foresees three liquid argon time projection chambers along the Booster Neutrino Beam line to search for a LSND-like sterile neutrino signal. The detector employs 360 photomultiplier tubes, Hamamatsu model R5912-MOD, suitable for cryogenic applications. A total of 400 PMTs were procured from Hamamatsu and tested at room temperature to evaluate the performance of the devices and their compliance to detect the liquid argon scintillation light in the T600 detector. Furthermore 60 units were also characterized at cryogenic temperature, in liquid argon bath, to evaluate any parameter variation which could affect the scintillation light detection. All the tested PMTs were found to comply with the requirements of ICARUS T600 and a subset of 360 specimens was selected for the final installation in the detector.

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Research Organization:: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP) (SC-25)

Contributing Organization:: ICARUS/NP01 Collaboration

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11359

OSTI ID:: 1478057

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 22888579

Report Number(s):: arXiv:1807.08577; FERMILAB-PUB--18-390-ND; {1683520,"Journal ID: ISSN 1748-0221"}

Journal Information:: Journal of Instrumentation, Journal Name: Journal of Instrumentation Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 13; ISSN 1748-0221

Publisher:: Institute of Physics (IOP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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