多像素光子计数器对低光水平响应的表征与模拟
仪器与探测器
2015-03-17 v1 高能物理 - 实验
摘要
T2K近探测器的量热器、射程探测器和主动靶元件依赖滨松光子多像素光子计数器（MPPC）来探测带电粒子产生的闪烁光。本文报告了在低光水平下对MPPC增益、后脉冲、串扰、暗噪声和光子探测效率的详细测量。为了考虑MPPC行为对T2K物理可观测量的影响，基于这些测量开发了一个模拟程序。该模拟用于预测探测器的能量分辨率。
引用
@article{arxiv.1101.1996,
title = {Characterization and Simulation of the Response of Multi Pixel Photon Counters to Low Light Levels},
author = {A. Vacheret and G. J. Barker and M. Dziewiecki and P. Guzowski and M. D. Haigh and B. Hartfiel and A. Izmaylov and W. Johnston and M. Khabibullin and A. Khotjantsev and Yu. Kudenko and R. Kurjata and T. Kutter and T. Lindner and P. Masliah and J. Marzec and O. Mineev and Yu. Musienko and S. Oser and F. Retiere and R. O. Salih and A. Shaikhiev and L. F. Thompson and M. A. Ward and R. J. Wilson and N. Yershov and K. Zaremba and M. Ziembicki},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1101.1996},
year = {2015}
}
备注
15 pages, 25 figures. Work done within the T2K collaboration. Submitted to Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A