Photomultiplier Tubes in the MiniBooNE Experiment

S. J. Brice; L. Bugel; J. M. Conrad; B. Fleming; L. Gladstone; E. Hawker; P. Killewald; J. May; S. McKenney; P. Nienaber; B. Roe; V. Sandberg; D. Smith; M. Wysocki

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2006.02.180

Photomultiplier Tubes in the MiniBooNE Experiment

Instrumentation and Detectors 2010-05-28 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Authors: S. J. Brice , L. Bugel , J. M. Conrad , B. Fleming , L. Gladstone , E. Hawker , P. Killewald , J. May , S. McKenney , P. Nienaber , B. Roe , V. Sandberg , D. Smith , M. Wysocki

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Abstract

The detector for the MiniBooNE experiment at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory employs 1520 8 inch Hamamatsu models R1408 and R5912 photomultiplier tubes with custom-designed bases. Tests were performed to determine the dark rate, charge and timing resolutions, double-pulsing rate, and desired operating voltage for each tube, so that the tubes could be sorted for optimal placement in the detector. Seven phototubes were tested to find the angular dependence of their response. After the Super-K phototube implosion accident, an analysis was performed to determine the risk of a similar accident with MiniBooNE.

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photomultiplier tubes MiniBooNE experiment dark rate timing resolution charge resolution double-pulsing rate angular dependence implosion risk

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@article{arxiv.1005.3525,
  title  = {Photomultiplier Tubes in the MiniBooNE Experiment},
  author = {S. J. Brice and L. Bugel and J. M. Conrad and B. Fleming and L. Gladstone and E. Hawker and P. Killewald and J. May and S. McKenney and P. Nienaber and B. Roe and V. Sandberg and D. Smith and M. Wysocki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1005.3525},
  year   = {2010}
}

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Photomultiplier Tubes in the MiniBooNE Experiment

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