Detectors with an electroluminesence readout show an excellence performance in respect of energy resolution making them interesting for various applications as X-ray detection, double beta and dark matter experiments, Compton and gamma cameras, etc. In the following the study of a readout based on avalanche photo diodes to detect directly the VUV photons is presented. Results of measurements with 5 APDs in xenon at pressures between 1 and 1.65 bar are shown indicating that such a readout can provide excellent energy and a moderate position resolution.
@article{arxiv.1102.0731,
title = {A Multi-APD readout for EL detectors},
author = {T. Lux and O. Ballester and J. Illa and G. Jover and C. Martin and J. Rico and F. Sanchez},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1102.0731},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
Talk given at the 5th Symposium on Large TPCs for Low Energy Rare Events. Submitted to JPCS (Journal of Physics: Conference Series) for publication. 8 pages, 17 figures