A systematic study of large PMTs for the Pierre Auger Observatory

被引：19

作者：

Tripathi, AK ^{[1
]}

Akhanjee, S ^{[1
]}

Arisaka, K ^{[1
]}

Barnhill, D ^{[1
]}

D'Pasquale, C ^{[1
]}

Jillings, C ^{[1
]}

Ohnuki, T ^{[1
]}

Ranin, P ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Phys & Astron, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA

来源：

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT | 2003年 / 497卷 / 2-3期

关键词：

PMTs; photodetectors; water Cherenkov; cosmic rays; astroparticle physics;

D O I：

10.1016/S0168-9002(02)01792-8

中图分类号：

TH7 [仪器、仪表];

学科分类号：

0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;

摘要：

In order to select the most suitable Photomultiplier Tubes (PMTs) for the surface detectors of the Pierre Auger Observatory, we have performed extensive tests on large PMTS from three different manufacturers: Electron Tubes Limited, Hamamatsu Photonics, and Photonis Imaging Sensors. We have developed specialized instrumentation to accurately measure the PMT characteristics such as gain, dark current, single photoelectron spectrum, dark pulse rate, afterpulse ratio, quantum efficiency, and linearity. The instrumentation and techniques used for these measurements and their results are reported. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

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页码：331 / 339

页数：9