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Title: Study of GSO scintillator for the LHCf upgrade

Abstract

The GSO scintillator has a very excellent radiation resistance, fast decay time and large amounts of light yield. Because of these features, GSO will be used to upgrade the current LHCf detector. We examined the features of GSO by using heavy ion beam at Heavy Ion Medical Accelerator in Chiba (HIMAC) Japan. The linearity of PMT R7400 for the large light yield of GSO with a {sup 132}Xe beam and the radiation hardness with a {sup 12}C beam were measured. As a result, GSO scintillator showed a good linearity up to the signal corresponding to 6 TeV EM-shower maximum in the LHCf detector, and a good radiation hardness up to 7x10{sup 5} Gy. For the LHCf Arm1 detector, small scaled GSO crystals (GSO bars), have been fabricated for the position determination detector. 5 GSO bars have been manufactured and its performance have been evaluated using {sup 12}C beam. Its light yield and position dependency have been evaluated.

Authors:
; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;  [1]; ; ; ;  [2]; ; ;  [3]; ; ;  [4]
  1. Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University, Nagoya (Japan)
  2. Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo (Japan)
  3. Universita degli Studi di Firenze and INFN Sezione di Firenze, Firenze (Italy)
  4. INFN Sezione di Firenze, Firenze (Italy)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
21608329
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
AIP Conference Proceedings
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 1367; Journal Issue: 1; Conference: International symposium on the recent progress of ultra-high energy cosmic ray observation, Aichi (Japan), 10-12 Dec 2010; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3628750; (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; CARBON 12 BEAMS; CERN LHC; CRYSTALS; GADOLINIUM COMPOUNDS; GAMMA RADIATION; JAPAN; MULTIPARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION; PERFORMANCE; PHOSPHORS; PHYSICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SHOWER COUNTERS; SIGNALS; SOLID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; TEV RANGE; XENON 132 BEAMS; YIELDS; ACCELERATORS; ASIA; BEAMS; CYCLIC ACCELERATORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ENERGY RANGE; ION BEAMS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATIONS; RARE EARTH COMPOUNDS; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SPECTROMETERS; STORAGE RINGS; SYNCHROTRONS

Citation Formats

Kawade, K, Fukatsu, K, Itow, Y, Mase, T, Masuda, K, Matsubara, Y, Mitsuka, G, Sako, T, Suzuki, K, Taki, K, Suzuki, T, Kasahara, K, Nakai, M, Torii, S, Adriani, O, Bonechi, L, D'Alessandro, R, Bongi, M, Menjo, H, and Papini, P. Study of GSO scintillator for the LHCf upgrade. United States: N. p., 2011. Web. doi:10.1063/1.3628750.
Kawade, K, Fukatsu, K, Itow, Y, Mase, T, Masuda, K, Matsubara, Y, Mitsuka, G, Sako, T, Suzuki, K, Taki, K, Suzuki, T, Kasahara, K, Nakai, M, Torii, S, Adriani, O, Bonechi, L, D'Alessandro, R, Bongi, M, Menjo, H, & Papini, P. Study of GSO scintillator for the LHCf upgrade. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3628750
Kawade, K, Fukatsu, K, Itow, Y, Mase, T, Masuda, K, Matsubara, Y, Mitsuka, G, Sako, T, Suzuki, K, Taki, K, Suzuki, T, Kasahara, K, Nakai, M, Torii, S, Adriani, O, Bonechi, L, D'Alessandro, R, Bongi, M, Menjo, H, and Papini, P. 2011. "Study of GSO scintillator for the LHCf upgrade". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3628750.
@article{osti_21608329,
title = {Study of GSO scintillator for the LHCf upgrade},
author = {Kawade, K and Fukatsu, K and Itow, Y and Mase, T and Masuda, K and Matsubara, Y and Mitsuka, G and Sako, T and Suzuki, K and Taki, K and Suzuki, T and Kasahara, K and Nakai, M and Torii, S and Adriani, O and Bonechi, L and D'Alessandro, R and Bongi, M and Menjo, H and Papini, P},
abstractNote = {The GSO scintillator has a very excellent radiation resistance, fast decay time and large amounts of light yield. Because of these features, GSO will be used to upgrade the current LHCf detector. We examined the features of GSO by using heavy ion beam at Heavy Ion Medical Accelerator in Chiba (HIMAC) Japan. The linearity of PMT R7400 for the large light yield of GSO with a {sup 132}Xe beam and the radiation hardness with a {sup 12}C beam were measured. As a result, GSO scintillator showed a good linearity up to the signal corresponding to 6 TeV EM-shower maximum in the LHCf detector, and a good radiation hardness up to 7x10{sup 5} Gy. For the LHCf Arm1 detector, small scaled GSO crystals (GSO bars), have been fabricated for the position determination detector. 5 GSO bars have been manufactured and its performance have been evaluated using {sup 12}C beam. Its light yield and position dependency have been evaluated.},
doi = {10.1063/1.3628750},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/21608329}, journal = {AIP Conference Proceedings},
issn = {0094-243X},
number = 1,
volume = 1367,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Sep 22 00:00:00 EDT 2011},
month = {Thu Sep 22 00:00:00 EDT 2011}
}