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

Title: Performance of Hamamatsu VUV4 SiPMs for detecting liquid argon scintillation

Abstract

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.

Authors:

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

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)

Publication Date:: Wed Apr 27 00:00:00 EDT 2022

Research Org.:: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (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); INFN Lab. Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (Italy); Gran Sasso Science Inst., LAquila (Italy)

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

OSTI Identifier:: 1874490

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1877330

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-831432
Journal ID: ISSN 1748-0221; TRN: US2306674

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

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Journal of Instrumentation

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 17; Journal Issue: 04; Journal ID: ISSN 1748-0221

Publisher:: Institute of Physics (IOP)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

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                    Pershing, T., Xu, J., Bernard, E., Kingston, J., Mizrachi, E., Brodsky, J., Razeto, A., Kachru, P., Bernstein, A., Pantic, E., and Jovanovic, I. Performance of Hamamatsu VUV4 SiPMs for detecting liquid argon scintillation.  United States: N. p., 2022. 
Web.  doi:10.1088/1748-0221/17/04/p04017.

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                    Pershing, T., Xu, J., Bernard, E., Kingston, J., Mizrachi, E., Brodsky, J., Razeto, A., Kachru, P., Bernstein, A., Pantic, E., & Jovanovic, I. Performance of Hamamatsu VUV4 SiPMs for detecting liquid argon scintillation.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/17/04/p04017

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                    Pershing, T., Xu, J., Bernard, E., Kingston, J., Mizrachi, E., Brodsky, J., Razeto, A., Kachru, P., Bernstein, A., Pantic, E., and Jovanovic, I. Wed .  
"Performance of Hamamatsu VUV4 SiPMs for detecting liquid argon scintillation".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/17/04/p04017.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1874490.

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@article{osti_1874490,

  title        = {Performance of Hamamatsu VUV4 SiPMs for detecting liquid argon scintillation},

  author       = {Pershing, T. and Xu, J. and Bernard, E. and Kingston, J. and Mizrachi, E. and Brodsky, J. and Razeto, A. and Kachru, P. and Bernstein, A. and Pantic, E. and Jovanovic, I.},

  abstractNote = {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.},

  doi          = {10.1088/1748-0221/17/04/p04017},

  journal      = {Journal of Instrumentation},

  number       = 04,

  volume       = 17,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Wed Apr 27 00:00:00 EDT 2022},

  month        = {Wed Apr 27 00:00:00 EDT 2022}

}

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