Application of large area SiPMs for the readout of a plastic scintillator based timing detector

作者:Betancourt C; Blondel A; Brundler R; Datwyler A; Favre Y; Gascon D; Gomez S; Korzenev A*; Mermod P; Noah E; Serra N; Sgalaberna D; Storaci B
来源:Journal of Instrumentation, 2017, 12(11): P11023.
DOI:10.1088/1748-0221/12/11/P11023

摘要

In this study an array of eight 6mm x 6mm area SiPMs was coupled to the end of a long plastic scintillator counter which was exposed to a 2.5 GeV/c muon beam at the CERN PS. Timing characteristics of bars with dimensions 150 cm x 6 cm x 1 cm and 120 cm x 11 cm x 2.5 cm have been studied. An 8-channel SiPM anode readout ASIC ( MUSIC R1) based on a novel low input impedance current conveyor has been used to read out and amplify SiPMs independently and sum the signals at the end. Prospects for applications in large-scale particle physics detectors with timing resolution below 100 ps are provided in light of the results.

  • 出版日期2017-11