Read-out of scintillating fibres using a weak cross-talk position-sensitive photomultiplier

V. Agoritsas, N. Akchurin, O. Bing, A. Bravar, R. Drevenak, Mic Finger, Mir Finger, V. Flaminio, B. DiGirolamo, A. Gorin, K. Kuroda, I. Manuilov, K. Okada, Y. Onel, A. Penzo, G. F. Rappazzo, A. Riazantsev, M. Slunecka, F. Takeutchi, T. Yoshida

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Abstract

Fast and precise readout of scintillating fibres (SciFi) has a great potential for fast tracking and triggering at high-luminosity particle physics experiments. In the framework of the RD-17 experiment at CERN (FAROS) significant milestones in the development of SciFi detectors using position-sensitive photomultipliers have been achieved. Results obtained with a weak cross-talk multi-anode photomultiplier. Philips XP1724, and a parallel readout of the anodes are reported. With 0.5 mm diameter fibres a spatial resolution of about 125 μm and a detection efficiency in excess of 95% have been obtained. The time dispersion of signals from individual photomultiplier channels has been estimated to be about 1 ns. The possibility of digitising the track position in real time by a peak-sensing circuit is studied for the first time.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)393-402
Number of pages10
JournalNuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume406
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 11 1998

Keywords

  • Peak-sensing circuit
  • Position-sensitive photomultiplier
  • Scintillating fibre

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