Published February 11, 2011 | Version v1
Journal article

Time and amplitude of afterpulse measured with a large size photomultiplier tube

  • 1. Physics Department, Sejong University, Seoul 143-747 (Korea, Republic of)
  • 2. Department of Physics, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735 (Korea, Republic of)
  • 3. Department of Physics, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742 (Korea, Republic of)
  • 4. Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746 (Korea, Republic of)
  • 5. Department of Physics, Chonnam National University, Kwangju 500-757 (Korea, Republic of)
  • 6. Department of Physics, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju 561-756 (Korea, Republic of)
  • 7. Department of Physics, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701 (Korea, Republic of)
  • 8. Department of Physics, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 790-784 (Korea, Republic of)
  • 9. Department of Physics, Dongshin University, Naju 520-714 (Korea, Republic of)

Description

We have studied the afterpulse of a hemispherical photomultiplier tube for an upcoming reactor neutrino experiment. The timing, the amplitude, and the rate of the afterpulse for a 10 in. photomultiplier tube were measured with a 400 MHz FADC up to 16μs time window after the initial signal generated by an LED light pulse. The time and amplitude correlation of the afterpulse shows several distinctive groups. We describe the dependencies of the afterpulse on the applied high voltage and the amplitude of the main light pulse. The present data could shed light upon the general mechanism of the afterpulse.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2010.11.095

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nima.2010.11.095;
arXiv
arXiv:0911.5336v1;
PII
S0168-9002(10)02630-6;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Journal Volume
629
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 93-100
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAER

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