Published August 1, 2013 | Version v1
Journal article

Study of H-8500 MaPMT for the FDIRC detector at SuperB

  • 1. INFN Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari (Italy)
  • 2. Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, B.P. 34, F-91898 Orsay Cedex (France)
  • 3. Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk 630090 (Russian Federation)
  • 4. INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova (Italy)
  • 5. Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia "G. Galilei", Universitá di Padova, I-35131 Padova (Italy)
  • 6. University of California at Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521 (United States)
  • 7. Dipartimento di Fisica "M. Merlin", Università di Bari, I-70126 Bari (Italy)
  • 8. University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 (United States)

Description

An overview of ongoing studies on the Hamamatsu H-8500 Multi-Anode Photomultiplier (MaPMT) is presented. This device will be used for the FDIRC Particle Identification Detector (PID) of the SuperB experiment. The H-8500 MaPMT has been chosen for its excellent single photon timing capabilities and its highly pixilated design. Results on timing studies, gain uniformity, single photoelectron detection efficiency uniformity and cross-talk are presented

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2012.11.123

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nima.2012.11.123;
PII
S0168-9002(12)01470-2;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Journal Volume
718
Journal Page Range
p. 563-565
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAER

Conference

Title
12. Pisa meeting on advanced detectors
Dates
20-26 May 2012
Place
La Biodola, Elba (Italy)

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Copyright
Copyright (c) 2012 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.