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An innovative silicon photomultiplier digitizing camera for gamma-ray astronomy

The single-mirror small-size telescope (SST-1M) is one of the three proposed designs for the small-size telescopes (SSTs) of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) project. The SST-1M will be equipped with a 4 m-diameter segmented mirror dish…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-08 Matthieu Heller , Enrico Junior Schioppa , Alessio Porcelli , Isaac Troyano Pujadas , Krzysztof Zietara , Domenico Della Volpe , Teresa Montaruli , Franck Cadoux , Yannick Favre , Juan Antonio Aguilar Sanchez , Asen Christov , Elisa Prandini , Pawel Rajda , Mohamed Rameez , Woijciech Blinik , Jacek Blocki , Leszek Bogacz , Jurek Borkowski , Tomasz Bulik , Adam Frankowski , Mira Grudzinska , Bartosz Idzkowski , Mateusz Jamrozy , Mateusz Janiak , Jerzy Kasperek , Krzysztof Lalik , Etienne Lyard , Emil Mach , Dusan Mandat , Adrian Marszalek , Luis David Medina Miranda , Jerzy Michalowski , Andrii Neronov , Jacek Niemiec , Michal Ostrowski , Pawel Pasko , Miroslav Pech , Petr Schovanek , Karol Seweryn , Vitalii Sliusar , Krzysztof Skowron , Lukasz Stawarz , Magdalena Stodulska , Marek Stodulski , Roland Walter , Marek Wiecek , Aleksander Zagdanski

Coincident Detection of Cherenkov Light from Higher Energetic Electrons Using Silicon Photomultipliers

Due to their very fast signal rise time in the order of 1 ns, Silicon-Photomultipliers have become of increasing interest for many experiments that require very good timing resolution. With the prospect of an application in medical imaging…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-05-01 Reimund Bayerlein , Ivor Fleck , Todd Peterson , Albert H. Walenta

Silicon Photomultiplier Camera for Schwarzschild-Couder Cherenkov Telescopes

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is an atmospheric Cherenkov observatory that will image the cosmos in very-high-energy gamma rays. CTA will study the highest-energy particle accelerators in the Universe and potentially confirm the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 J. Vandenbroucke

VUV-sensitive Silicon Photomultipliers for Xenon Scintillation Light Detection in nEXO

Future tonne-scale liquefied noble gas detectors depend on efficient light detection in the VUV range. In the past years Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPMs) have emerged as a valid alternative to standard photomultiplier tubes or large area…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-03-14 A. Jamil , T. Ziegler , P. Hufschmidt , G. Li , L. Lupin-Jimenez , T. Michel , I. Ostrovskiy , F. Retière , J. Schneider , M. Wagenpfeil , J. B. Albert , G. Anton , I. J. Arnquist , I. Badhrees , P. Barbeau , D. Beck , V. Belov , J. P. Brodsky , E. Brown , T. Brunner , A. Burenkov , G. F. Cao , L. Cao , W. R. Cen , C. Chambers , S. A. Charlebois , M. Chiu , B. Cleveland , M. Coon , A. Craycraft , W. Cree , M. Côté , J. Dalmasson , T. Daniels , S. J. Daugherty , J. Daughhetee , S. Delaquis , A. Der Mesrobian-Kabakian , R. DeVoe , T. Didberidze , J. Dilling , Y. Y. Ding , M. J. Dolinski , A. Dragone , J. Echevers , L. Fabris , D. Fairbank , W. Fairbank , J. Farine , S. Feyzbakhsh , R. Fontaine , D. Fudenberg , G. Gallina , G. Giacomini , R. Gornea , G. Gratta , E. V. Hansen , D. Harris , M. Hasan , M. Heffner , E. W. Hoppe , A. House , M. Hughes , J. Hößl , Y. Ito , A. Iverson , M. Jewell , X. S. Jiang , A. Karelin , L. J. Kaufman , T. Koffas , S. Kravitz , R. Krücken , A. Kuchenkov , K. S. Kumar , Y. Lan , D. S. Leonard , S. Li , Z. Li , C. Licciardi , Y. H. Lin , R. MacLellan , B. Mong , D. Moore , K. Murray , R. J. Newby , Z. Ning , O. Njoya , F. Nolet , K. Odgers , A. Odian , M. Oriunno , J. L. Orrell , C. T. Overman , G. S. Ortega , S. Parent , A. Piepke , A. Pocar , J. -F. Pratte , D. Qiu , V. Radeka , E. Raguzin , T. Rao , S. Rescia , A. Robinson , T. Rossignol , P. C. Rowson , N. Roy , R. Saldanha , S. Sangiorgio , S. Schmidt , A. Schubert , D. Sinclair , K. Skarpaas , A. K. Soma , G. St-Hilaire , V. Stekhanov , T. Stiegler , X. L. Sun , M. Tarka , J. Todd , T. Tolba , R. Tsang , T. Tsang , F. Vachon , V. Veeraraghavan , G. Visser , J. -L. Vuilleumier , Q. Wang , M. Weber , W. Wei , L. J. Wen , U. Wichoski , G. Wrede , S. X. Wu , W. H. Wu , Q. Xia , L. Yang , Y. -R. Yen , O. Zeldovich , X. Zhang , J. Zhao , Y. Zhou

Measurement of performance of the NectarCAM photodetectors

NectarCAM is a camera for the medium-sized telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), which covers the energy range of 100 GeV to 30 TeV. The camera is equipped with 265 focal plane modules (FPMs). Each FPM comprises 7 pixels, each…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-13 A. Tsiahina , P. Jean , J. -F. Olive , J. Knödlseder , C. Marty , T. Ravel , C. Jarnot , B. Biasuzzi , J. Bolmont , F. Brun , S. Caroff , E. Delagnes , S. Fegan , G. Fontaine , D. Gascon , J. -F. Glicenstein , D. Hoffmann , S. Karkar , J. -P. Lenain , J. Paredes , P. -O. Petrucci , J. Prast , M. Ribó , S. Rivoire , A. Sanuy , P. Sharma , T. Suomijarvi , L. A. Tejedor , F. Toussenel

Construction and On-site Performance of the LHAASO WFCTA Camera

The focal plane camera is the core component of the Wide Field-of-view Cherenkov/fluorescence Telescope Array (WFCTA) of the Large High-Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO). Because of the capability of working under moonlight without…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-08-09 F. Aharonian , Q. An , Axikegu , L. X. Bai , Y. X. Bai , Y. W. Bao , D. Bastieri , X. J. Bi , Y. J. Bi , H. Cai , J. T. Cai , Z. Cao , Z. Cao , J. Chang , J. F. Chang , X. C. Chang , B. M. Chen , J. Chen , L. Chen , L. Chen , L. Chen , M. J. Chen , M. L. Chen , Q. H. Chen , S. H. Chen , S. Z. Chen , T. L. Chen , X. L. Chen , Y. Chen , N. Cheng , Y. D. Cheng , S. W. Cui , X. H. Cui , Y. D. Cui , B. Z. Dai , H. L. Dai , Z. G. Dai , Danzengluobu , D. della Volpe , B. D'Ettorre Piazzoli , X. J. Dong , J. H. Fan , Y. Z. Fan , Z. X. Fan , J. Fang , K. Fang , C. F. Feng , L. Feng , S. H. Feng , Y. L. Feng , B. Gao , C. D. Gao , Q. Gao , W. Gao , M. M. Ge , L. S. Geng , G. H. Gong , Q. B. Gou , M. H. Gu , J. G. Guo , X. L. Guo , Y. Q. Guo , Y. Y. Guo , Y. A. Han , H. H. He , H. N. He , J. C. He , S. L. He , X. B. He , Y. He , M. Heller , Y. K. Hor , C. Hou , X. Hou , H. B. Hu , S. Hu , S. C. Hu , X. J. Hu , D. H. Huang , Q. L. Huang , W. H. Huang , X. T. Huang , Z. C. Huang , F. Ji , X. L. Ji , H. Y. Jia , K. Jiang , Z. J. Jiang , C. Jin , D. Kuleshov , K. Levochkin , B. B. Li , C. Li , C. Li , F. Li , H. B. Li , H. C. Li , H. Y. Li , J. Li , K. Li , W. L. Li , X. Li , X. Li , X. R. Li , Y. Li , Y. Z. Li , Z. Li , Z. Li , E. W. Liang , Y. F. Liang , S. J. Lin , B. Liu , C. Liu , D. Liu , H. Liu , H. D. Liu , J. Liu , J. L. Liu , J. S. Liu , J. Y. Liu , M. Y. Liu , R. Y. Liu , S. M. Liu , W. Liu , Y. N. Liu , Z. X. Liu , W. J. Long , R. Lu , H. K. Lv , B. Q. Ma , L. L. Ma , X. H. Ma , J. R. Mao , A. Masood , W. Mitthumsiri , T. Montaruli , Y. C. Nan , B. Y. Pang , P. Pattarakijwanich , Z. Y. Pei , M. Y. Qi , D. Ruffolo , V. Rulev , A. Sáiz , L. Shao , O. Shchegolev , X. D. Sheng , J. R. Shi , H. C. Song , Yu. V. Stenkin , V. Stepanov , Q. N. Sun , X. N. Sun , Z. B. Sun , P. H. T. Tam , Z. B. Tang , W. W. Tian , B. D. Wang , C. Wang , H. Wang , H. G. Wang , J. C. Wang , J. S. Wang , L. P. Wang , L. Y. Wang , R. N. Wang , W. Wang , W. Wang , X. G. Wang , X. J. Wang , X. Y. Wang , Y. D. Wang , Y. J. Wang , Y. P. Wang , Z. Wang , Z. Wang , Z. H. Wang , Z. X. Wang , D. M. Wei , J. J. Wei , Y. J. Wei , T. Wen , C. Y. Wu , H. R. Wu , S. Wu , W. X. Wu , X. F. Wu , S. Q. Xi , J. Xia , J. J. Xia , G. M. Xiang , G. Xiao , H. B. Xiao , G. G. Xin , Y. L. Xin , Y. Xing , D. L. Xu , R. X. Xu , L. Xue , D. H. Yan , C. W. Yang , F. F. Yang , J. Y. Yang , L. L. Yang , M. J. Yang , R. Z. Yang , S. B. Yang , Y. H. Yao , Z. G. Yao , Y. M. Ye , L. Q. Yin , N. Yin , X. H. You , Z. Y. You , Y. H. Yu , Q. Yuan , H. D. Zeng , T. X. Zeng , W. Zeng , Z. K. Zeng , M. Zha , X. X. Zhai , B. B. Zhang , H. M. Zhang , H. Y. Zhang , J. L. Zhang , J. W. Zhang , L. Zhang , L. Zhang , L. X. Zhang , P. F. Zhang , P. P. Zhang , R. Zhang , S. R. Zhang , S. S. Zhang , X. Zhang , X. P. Zhang , Y. Zhang , Y. Zhang , Y. F. Zhang , Y. L. Zhang , B. Zhao , J. Zhao , L. Zhao , L. Z. Zhao , S. P. Zhao , F. Zheng , Y. Zheng , B. Zhou , H. Zhou , J. N. Zhou , P. Zhou , R. Zhou , X. X. Zhou , C. G. Zhu , F. R. Zhu , H. Zhu , K. J. Zhu , X. Zuo

A study on Performance Boost of a 17~m class Cherenkov telescope with a SiPM-based camera

The current generation of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs), comprised of major installations such as the MAGIC telescopes, H.E.S.S. and VERITAS, is classified as the 3$^{\mathrm{rd}}$ generation of suchs instruments. These…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-02 Cornelia Arcaro , Michele Doro , Julian Sitarek , Dominik Baack

A large facility for photosensors test at cryogenic temperature

Current generation of detectors using noble gases in liquid phase for direct dark matter search and neutrino physics need large area photosensors. Silicon based photo-detectors are innovative light collecting devices and represent a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-04-05 Z. Balmforth , A. Basco , A. Boiano , N. Canci , R. de Asmundis , F. Di Capua , G. Fiorillo , G. Grauso , G. Matteucci , A. Pandalone , E. Sandford , Y. Suvorov , G. Tortone , A. Vanzanella

Characterisation and Testing of CHEC-M - a camera prototype for the Small-Sized Telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Compact High Energy Camera (CHEC) is a camera design for the Small-Sized Telescopes (SSTs; 4 m diameter mirror) of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). The SSTs are focused on very-high-energy $\gamma$-ray detection via atmospheric…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-17 J. Zorn , R. White , J. J. Watson , T. P. Armstrong , A. Balzer , M. Barcelo , D. Berge , R. Bose , A. M. Brown , M. Bryan , P. M. Chadwick , P. Clark , H. Costantini , G. Cotter , L. Dangeon , M. Daniel , A. De Franco , P. Deiml , G. Fasola , S. Funk , M. Gebyehu , J. Gironnet , J. A. Graham , T. Greenshaw , J. A. Hinton , M. Kraus , J. S. Lapington , P. Laporte , S. A. Leach , O. Le Blanc , A. Malouf , P. Molyneux , P. Moore , H. Prokoph , A. Okumura , D. Ross , G. Rowell , L. Sapozhnikov , H. Schoorlemmer , H. Sol , M. Stephan , H. Tajima , L. Tibaldo , G. Varner , A. Zink

The Camera and Readout for the Trinity Demonstrator and the EUSO-SPB2 Cherenkov Telescope

We developed a modular silicon photomultiplier camera to detect Earth-skimming PeV to EeV tau neutrinos with the imaging atmospheric Cherenkov technique. We built two cameras, a 256-pixel camera with S14161-6050HS SiPMs for the Trinity…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-18 Mahdi Bagheri , Srikar Gadamsetty , Eliza Gazda , Eleanor Judd , Evgeny Kuznetsov , A. Nepomuk Otte , Mathew Potts , Oscar Romero Matamala , Noah Shapera , Joshua Sorell , Svanik Tandon , Andrew Wang

Characterization of Silicon Photomultipliers after proton irradiation up to $10^{12} n_{eq}/mm^2$

Silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) are highly-sensitive photodetectors emerging as the technology of choice for many applications, including large high-energy physics experiments where they often are exposed to high radiation fluences. In…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-08-17 A. R. Altamura , F. Acerbi , C. Nociforo , V. Regazzoni , A. Mazzi , A. Gola

Efficiency and uniformity measurements of a light concentrator in combination with a SiPM array

A position sensitive Cherenkov detector was built, consisting of 64 SiPMs with an active area of 3x3 mm^2 and a pixel size of 100x100 \mu m^2. The sensitive area is increased by a light concentrator which consists of 64 pyramid-shaped…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-16 Mariana Rihl , Stefan Enrico Brunner , Lukas Gruber , Johann Marton , Ken Suzuki

Camera calibration strategy of the SST-1M prototype of the Cherenokov Telescope Array

The SST-1M telescope is one of the prototypes under construction proposed to be part of the future Cherenkov Telescope Array. It uses a standard Davis-Cotton design for the optics and telescope structure, with a dish diameter of 4 meters…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 E. Prandini , M. Heller , E. Lyard , E. jr. Schioppa , A. Neronov , W. Bilnik , J. Błocki , L. Bogacz , T. Bulik , F. Cadoux , A. Christov , M. Curyło , D. della Volpe , M. Dyrda , Y. Favre , A. Frankowski , Ł. Grudnik , M. Grudzińska , B. Idźkowski , M. Jamrozy , M. Janiak , J. Kasperek , K. Lalik , E. Mach , D. Mandat , A. Marszałek , J. Michałowski , R. Moderski , T. Montaruli , J. Niemiec , M. Ostrowski , P. Paśko , M. Pech , A. Porcelli , M. Rameez , P. Rajda , P. Schovanek , K. Seweryn , K. Skowron , V. Sliusar , M. Sowiński , Ł. Stawarz , M. Stodulska , M. Stodulski , S. Toscano , I. Troyano Pujadas , R. Walter , M. Więcek , A. Zagdański , K. Ziętara , P. Żychowski

Irradiation and performance of RGB-HD Silicon Photomultipliers for calorimetric applications

Silicon Photomultipliers with cell-pitch ranging from 12 $\mu$m to 20 $\mu$m were tested against neutron irradiation at moderate fluences to study their performance for calorimetric applications. The photosensors were developed by FBK…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-05-22 F. Acerbi , G. Ballerini , A. Berra , C. Brizzolari , G. Brunetti , M. G. Catanesi , S. Cecchini , F. Cindolo , A. Coffani , G. Collazuol , E. Conti , F. Dal Corso , C. Delogu , G. De Rosa , A. Gola , R. A. Intonti , C. Jollet , Y. Kudenko , A. Longhin , L. Ludovici , L. Magaletti , G. Mandrioli , A. Margotti , V. Mascagna , N. Mauri , A. Meregaglia , M. Pari , L. Pasqualini , G. Paternoster , L. Patrizii , C. Piemonte , M. Pozzato , F. Pupilli , M. Prest , E. Radicioni , C. Riccio , A. C. Ruggeri , C. Scian , G. Sirri , M. Soldani , M. Tenti , M. Torti , F. Terranova , E. Vallazza

Radiation Damage Studies of Silicon Photomultipliers

We report on the measurement of the radiation hardness of silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) manufactured by Fondazione Bruno Kessler in Italy (1 mm$^2$ and 6.2 mm$^2$), Center of Perspective Technology and Apparatus in Russia (1 mm$^2$ and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2009-01-09 P. Bohn , A. Clough , E. Hazen , A. Heering , J. Rohlf , J. Freeman , S. Los , E. Cascio , S. Kuleshov , Y. Musienko , C. Piemonte

The AdvCam: Designing the future cameras for the Large-Sized Telescope of the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory

An international collaboration composed of Italian, Japanese, Spanish and Swiss institutes, is developing the advanced camera (AdvCam), the next-generation camera for Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes, designed specifically for the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-17 Matthieu Heller

Development of a novel single-channel, 24~cm$^2$, SiPM-based, cryogenic photodetector

We report on the realization of a novel SiPM-based, cryogenic photosensor with an active area of 24 cm$^2$ that operates as a single-channel analog detector. The device is capable of single photon counting with a signal to noise ratio…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-02-14 Marco D'Incecco , Cristiano Galbiati , Graham K. Giovanetti , George Korga , Xinran Li , Andrea Mandarano , Alessandro Razeto , Davide Sablone , Claudio Savarese

Plastic scintillator detector with the readout based on an array of large-area SiPMs for the ND280/T2K upgrade and SHiP experiments

Plastic scintillator detectors have been extensively used in particle physics experiments for decades. A large-scale detector is typically arranged as an array of staggered long bars which provide a fast trigger signal and/or particle…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-11-20 A. Korzenev , C. Betancourt , A. Blondel , D. Breton , A. Datwyler , D. Gascon , S. Gomez , M. Khabibullin , Y. Kudenko , J. Maalmi , P. Mermod , E. Noah , N. Serra , D. Sgalaberna , B. Storaci

Cryogenic SiPMs for the Optical Readout of DarkSide-20k

Silicon photomultipliers (SiPM) have gained significant traction as an alternative technology to the well-established photomultiplier tube (PMT), with numerous high-sensitivity experiments adopting them either complementarily or as a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-06-24 Giuseppe Matteucci

Development of a Cherenkov-Based Time-of-Flight Detector Using Silicon Photomultipliers

The aim of this work is to develop high precision Time-of-Flight (TOF) devices based on high refractive index solid Cherenkov radiators read out by silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs). Cherenkov light is prompt and therefore ideal for reaching…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-02-24 Liliana Congedo , Giuseppe De Robertis , Antonio Di Mauro , Mario Giliberti , Francesco Licciulli , Antonio Liguori , Rocco Liotino , Leonarda Lorusso , Mario Nicola Mazziotta , Eugenio Nappi , Nicola Nicassio , Giuliana Panzarini , Roberta Pillera , Giacomo Volpe