A time-resolution study with a plastic scintillator read out by a Geiger-mode Avalanche Photodiode

A. Stoykov; R. Scheuermann; K. Sedlak

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2011.11.011

A time-resolution study with a plastic scintillator read out by a Geiger-mode Avalanche Photodiode

Instrumentation and Detectors 2015-05-28 v1

Authors: A. Stoykov , R. Scheuermann , K. Sedlak

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Abstract

In this work we attempt to establish the best time resolution attainable with a scintillation counter consisting of a plastic scintillator read out by a Geiger-mode Avalanche Photodiode. The measured time resolution is inversely proportional to the square root of the energy deposited in the scintillator, and scales to 18ps (sigma) at 1MeV. This result competes with the best ones reported for photomultiplier tubes.

Keywords

time resolution plastic scintillator Geiger-mode Avalanche Photodiode scintillation counter energy deposition photodetector

Cite

@article{arxiv.1107.2545,
  title  = {A time-resolution study with a plastic scintillator read out by a Geiger-mode Avalanche Photodiode},
  author = {A. Stoykov and R. Scheuermann and K. Sedlak},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1107.2545},
  year   = {2015}
}

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8 pages, 8 figures

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