Optical fiber read-out for liquid argon scintillation light

J. Janicskó Csáthy; T. Bode; J. Kratz; S. Schönert; Ch. Wiesinger

Optical fiber read-out for liquid argon scintillation light

Instrumentation and Detectors 2016-06-15 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Authors: J. Janicskó Csáthy , T. Bode , J. Kratz , S. Schönert , Ch. Wiesinger

Abstract

In this paper we describe the performance of a light detector for Ar scintillation light made of wavelength-shifting (WLS) fibers connected to Silicon-Photomultipliers (SiPM). The setup was conceived to be used as anti-Compton veto for high purity germanium (HPGe) detectors operated directly in liquid Argon (LAr). Background suppression efficiencies for different radioactive sources were measured in a test cryostat with about 800 kg LAr. This work was part of the R\&D effort for the GERDA experiment.

Keywords

liquid argon detectors particle detector

Cite

@article{arxiv.1606.04254,
  title  = {Optical fiber read-out for liquid argon scintillation light},
  author = {J. Janicskó Csáthy and T. Bode and J. Kratz and S. Schönert and Ch. Wiesinger},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1606.04254},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

14 pages, 11 figures

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