Characterization of the Hamamatsu R11780 12 in. photomultiplier tube

Brack, J.; Delgado, B.; Dhooghe, J.; Felde, J.; Gookin, B.; Grullon, S.; Klein, J. R.; Knapik, R.; LaTorre, A.; Seibert, S.; Shapiro, K.; Svoboda, R.; Ware, L.; Van Berg, R.

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2013.02.022

Title: Characterization of the Hamamatsu R11780 12 in. photomultiplier tube

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Future large water Cherenkov and scintillator detectors have been proposed for measurements of long baseline neutrino oscillations, proton decay, supernova and solar neutrinos. To ensure cost-effectiveness and optimize scientific reach, one of the critical requirements for such detectors are large-area, high performance photomultiplier tubes (PMTs). One candidate for such a device is the Hamamatsu R11780, a 12 in. PMT that is available in both standard and high quantum efficiency versions. Measurements of the single photoelectron response characteristics, relative efficiencies of the standard and high quantum efficiency versions, a preliminary measurement of the absolute quantum efficiency of the standard quantum efficiency version, and a two-dimensional scan of the relative efficiency across the photocathode surface are presented in this paper. All single photoelectron investigations were made using a Cherenkov light source at room temperature at a gain of 1×10⁷. These results show that the R11780 PMT is an excellent candidate for such large optical detectors.

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Brack, J. ^[1]; Delgado, B. ^[2]; Dhooghe, J. ^[3]; Felde, J. ^[3]; Gookin, B. ^[1]; Grullon, S. ^[2]; Klein, J. R. ^[2]; Knapik, R. ^[4]; LaTorre, A. ^[5]; Seibert, S. ^[2]; Shapiro, K. ^[2]; Svoboda, R. ^[3]; Ware, L. ^[2]; Van Berg, R. ^[2]

Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO (United States)
Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States)
Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States)
Norwich Univ., Northfield, VT (United States)
Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States)

Publication Date:: Wed Feb 27 00:00:00 EST 2013

Research Org.:: Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States); Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Science and Security Consortium (NSSC); National Science Foundation (NSF)

OSTI Identifier:: 1454552

Grant/Contract Number:: NA0000979

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: 712; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; Photomultiplier tube; Neutrino detectors; Optical detectors; Photon detection; Single phase dark matter

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                    Brack, J., Delgado, B., Dhooghe, J., Felde, J., Gookin, B., Grullon, S., Klein, J. R., Knapik, R., LaTorre, A., Seibert, S., Shapiro, K., Svoboda, R., Ware, L., and Van Berg, R. Characterization of the Hamamatsu R11780 12 in. photomultiplier tube.  United States: N. p., 2013. 
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                    Brack, J., Delgado, B., Dhooghe, J., Felde, J., Gookin, B., Grullon, S., Klein, J. R., Knapik, R., LaTorre, A., Seibert, S., Shapiro, K., Svoboda, R., Ware, L., & Van Berg, R. Characterization of the Hamamatsu R11780 12 in. photomultiplier tube.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2013.02.022

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                    Brack, J., Delgado, B., Dhooghe, J., Felde, J., Gookin, B., Grullon, S., Klein, J. R., Knapik, R., LaTorre, A., Seibert, S., Shapiro, K., Svoboda, R., Ware, L., and Van Berg, R. Wed .  
"Characterization of the Hamamatsu R11780 12 in. photomultiplier tube".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2013.02.022.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1454552.

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@article{osti_1454552,

  title        = {Characterization of the Hamamatsu R11780 12 in. photomultiplier tube},

  author       = {Brack, J. and Delgado, B. and Dhooghe, J. and Felde, J. and Gookin, B. and Grullon, S. and Klein, J. R. and Knapik, R. and LaTorre, A. and Seibert, S. and Shapiro, K. and Svoboda, R. and Ware, L. and Van Berg, R.},

  abstractNote = {Future large water Cherenkov and scintillator detectors have been proposed for measurements of long baseline neutrino oscillations, proton decay, supernova and solar neutrinos. To ensure cost-effectiveness and optimize scientific reach, one of the critical requirements for such detectors are large-area, high performance photomultiplier tubes (PMTs). One candidate for such a device is the Hamamatsu R11780, a 12 in. PMT that is available in both standard and high quantum efficiency versions. Measurements of the single photoelectron response characteristics, relative efficiencies of the standard and high quantum efficiency versions, a preliminary measurement of the absolute quantum efficiency of the standard quantum efficiency version, and a two-dimensional scan of the relative efficiency across the photocathode surface are presented in this paper. All single photoelectron investigations were made using a Cherenkov light source at room temperature at a gain of 1×107. These results show that the R11780 PMT is an excellent candidate for such large optical detectors.},

  doi          = {10.1016/j.nima.2013.02.022},

  journal      = {Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment},

  number       = C,

  volume       = 712,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Wed Feb 27 00:00:00 EST 2013},

  month        = {Wed Feb 27 00:00:00 EST 2013}

}

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