Published October 21, 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Performance of multi-pixel photon counters for the T2K near detectors

  • 1. Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033 (Japan)
  • 2. Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502 (Japan)
  • 3. IPNS, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801 (Japan)

Description

We have developed a Multi-Pixel Photon Counter (MPPC) for the neutrino detectors of T2K experiment. About 64,000 MPPCs have been produced and tested in about a year. In order to characterize a large number of MPPCs, we have developed a system that simultaneously measures 64 MPPCs with various bias voltage and temperature. The performance of MPPCs are found to satisfy the requirement of T2K experiment. In this paper, we present the performance of 17,686 MPPCs measured at Kyoto University.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2010.07.070

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nima.2010.07.070;
arXiv
arXiv:1007.2712v1;
PII
S0168-9002(10)01684-0;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Journal Volume
622
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 567-573
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAER

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
42013494
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; NEUTRINOS; PERFORMANCE; PHOTONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE
Descriptors DEC
BOSONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; LEPTONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES

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