Development of a 10 ps level time of flight system in the Fermilab Test Beam Facility

被引:30
作者
Ronzhin, A. [1 ]
Albrow, M. G. [1 ]
Demarteau, M. [1 ]
Los, S. [1 ]
Malik, S. [2 ]
Pronko, A. [1 ]
Ramberg, E. [1 ]
Zatserklyaniy, A. [3 ]
机构
[1] Fermilab Natl Accelerator Lab, Batavia, IL 60510 USA
[2] Rockefeller Univ, New York, NY 10021 USA
[3] Univ Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR 00681 USA
关键词
SiPm; Photodetectors; TOF;
D O I
10.1016/j.nima.2010.08.025
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
We describe here the development of a time of flight (TOF) system with 10-20 ps resolution for particle identification in a beam line. The detector resolution also was measured with the start and stop counters close together in the 120 GeV proton beam of the Fermilab Test Beam Facility. We tested both microchannel plate photomultipliers (MCP PMT) and silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs), in both cases using Cherenkov light produced in fused silica (quartz) radiators. Published by Elsevier B.V.
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页码:931 / 941
页数:11
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