Published March 1981
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Journal article
New type of position sensitive photomultiplier
Creators
- 1. Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Annecy-le-Vieux, France
Description
A position sensitive photomultiplier of a new concept is presented which is based on the scaling property of the equation of motion describing electrons moving inside electric and magnetic fields. The idea has been fully supported by a test using a prototype having ten stages of specially designed dynodes. A gain of 105--106, and a spatial resolution of approx.3.4 mm (FWHM) in two-dimensional space have been obtained. The time resolution is comparable or superior to that of most conventional photomultipliers. An example of data handling of signals coming from divided anode cells showed a possibility of reconstructing impact light position with a precision of a few hundred microns
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Rev. Sci. Instrum.
- Journal Volume
- 52
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Series
- Rev. Sci. Instrum.
- Journal Page Range
- 337-346
- ISSN
- 0034-6748
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 12616641
- Subject category
- S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ANODES; DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRONS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; GAIN; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; POSITION SENSITIVE DETECTORS; SCALING LAWS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TIME RESOLUTION
- Descriptors DEC
- DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELECTRODES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EQUATIONS; FERMIONS; LEPTONS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOTUBES; RADIATION DETECTORS; RESOLUTION; TIMING PROPERTIES