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Title: Characterization of Silicon-Photomultipliers for a Cosmic Muon Veto detector

Journal Article · · Journal of Instrumentation
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  1. Homi Bhabha National Inst., Mumbai (India); Tata Inst. of Fundamental Research, Mumbai (India)
  2. Tata Inst. of Fundamental Research, Mumbai (India)
  3. The Inst. of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai (India)
  4. Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
  5. Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL (United States)
  6. Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (United States)
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A Cosmic Muon Veto (CMV) detector using extruded scintillators is being designed around the mini-Iron Calorimeter detector at the transit campus of the India-based Neutrino Observatory, Madurai for measuring its efficiency at shallow depth underground experiments. The scintillation signal is transmitted through a Wavelength Shifting (WLS) fibre and readout by Hamamatsu Silicon-Photomultipliers (SiPMs). A Light Emitting Diode (LED) system is included on the front-end readout for in-situ calibration of the gain of each SiPM. A characterization system was developed for the measurement of gain and choice of the overvoltage (Vov) of SiPMs using the LED as well as a cosmic muon telescope. The Vov is obtained by studying the noise rate, the gain of the SiPM, and the muon detection efficiency. In case of any malfunction of the LED system during the operation, the SiPM can also be calibrated with the noise data as well as using radioactive sources. Furthermore, this paper describes the basic characteristics of the SiPM and the comparison of the calibration results using all three methods, as well as the Vov of the SiPMs and muon selection criteria for the veto detector.

Research Organization:
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11359
OSTI ID:
1831969
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-PUB--21-383-DI-ND-PPD; arXiv:2108.05638; oai:inspirehep.net:1904042
Journal Information:
Journal of Instrumentation, Journal Name: Journal of Instrumentation Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 16; ISSN 1748-0221
Publisher:
Institute of Physics (IOP)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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