A Noble Gas Detector with Electroluminescence Readout based on an Array of APDs

B. Bourguille; A. Garcia Soto; I. Gil-Botella; T. Lux; C. Palomares; F. Sanchez; R. Santorelli

doi:10.1088/1748-0221/10/12/C12016

A Noble Gas Detector with Electroluminescence Readout based on an Array of APDs

Instrumentation and Detectors 2015-12-30 v3

Authors: B. Bourguille , A. Garcia Soto , I. Gil-Botella , T. Lux , C. Palomares , F. Sanchez , R. Santorelli

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Abstract

We present the results of the operation of an array of avalanche photodiodes (APDs) for the readout of an electroluminescence detector. The detector contains 24 APDs with a pitch of 15 mm between them allowing energy and position measurements simultaneously. Measurements were performed in xenon (3.8 bar) and argon (4.8 bar) showing a good energy resolution of 5.3% FWHM at 60 keV in xenon and 9.4% in argon respectively. Following Monte Carlo studies the performance could be improved significantly by reducing the pitch between the sensors.

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noble gas detector electroluminescence readout avalanche photodiode energy resolution Monte Carlo

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@article{arxiv.1509.08423,
  title  = {A Noble Gas Detector with Electroluminescence Readout based on an Array of APDs},
  author = {B. Bourguille and A. Garcia Soto and I. Gil-Botella and T. Lux and C. Palomares and F. Sanchez and R. Santorelli},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1509.08423},
  year   = {2015}
}

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9 pages, 5 figures, IWORID2015 proceedings

A Noble Gas Detector with Electroluminescence Readout based on an Array of APDs

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