Study of Micro Pixel Photon Counters for a high granularity scintillator-based hadron calorimeter

N. D'Ascenzo; A. Eggemann; E. Garutti

Study of Micro Pixel Photon Counters for a high granularity scintillator-based hadron calorimeter

Instrumentation and Detectors 2007-11-09 v1

Authors: N. D'Ascenzo , A. Eggemann , E. Garutti

Abstract

A new Geiger mode avalanche photodiode, the Micro Pixel Photon Counter (MPPC), was recently released by Hamamatsu. It has a high photo-detection efficiency in the 420 nm spectral region. This product can represent an elegant candidate for the design of a high granularity scintillator based hadron calorimeter for the International Linear Collider. In fact, the direct readout of the blue scintillation photons with a MPPC is a feasible techological solution. The readout of a plastic scintillator by a MPPC, both mediated by the traditional wavelength shifting fiber, and directly coupled, has been systematically studied.

Keywords

silicon photomultipliers particle detector

Cite

@article{arxiv.0711.1287,
  title  = {Study of Micro Pixel Photon Counters for a high granularity scintillator-based hadron calorimeter},
  author = {N. D'Ascenzo and A. Eggemann and E. Garutti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0711.1287},
  year   = {2007}
}

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8 pages, 5 figures

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