Silicon photomultiplier characterization for the GlueX barrel calorimeter

Journal Article · Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2012 · Nucl.Instrum.Meth. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2011.11.059· OSTI ID:1057587

F. Barbosa, J.E. McKisson, J. McKisson, Y. Qiang, E. Smith, C. Zorn

GlueX is a new detector being constructed at Jefferson Laboratory to study gluonic excitations and confinement via the detection of exotic meson states. The hermetic detector includes a barrel calorimeter where the photodetectors must operate in a high magnetic field exceeding 0.5 T. After extensive tests with a variety of sensors, the chosen photodetector will be a custom silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) array manufactured by Hamamatsu Corporation. This paper will focus on the characterization of the first 80 production samples of these SiPMs, including dark rate, photodetection efficiency (PDE), crosstalk, response uniformity and radiation tolerance.

• Research Organization: Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-06OR23177
• OSTI ID: 1057587
• Report Number(s): JLAB-PHY-11-1370; DOE/OR/23177-2049
• Journal Information: Nucl.Instrum.Meth. A, Vol. 695
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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