Crosstalk study of the single-photon response of a flat-panel PMT for the RICH upgrade at LHCb

Claudio Arnaboldi, Marina Artuso, Marta Calvi, Erica Fanchini, Claudio Gotti, Matteo Maino, Clara Matteuzzi, Davide Luigi Perego, Gianluigi Pessina, Jianchun Wang

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Abstract

The ring imaging Cherenkov (RICH) detector at LHCb is now read out by hybrid photon detectors. In view of its upgrade, a possible option is the adoption of the flat-panel photon multiplier tube (PMT). An important issue for good reconstruction of the Cherenkov rings is a negligible level of crosstalk. We have experimentally studied the crosstalk from the 16 × 16-pixels Hamamatsu H9500 PMT. Results have shown that, for the single-photon response, the statistics tied to the small number of electrons generated at the first dynode of the PMT chain (a few units) leads to a number of crosstalk signals that are a small fraction of the fired pixel. With the H9500, in a Cherenkov ring, only one or two pixels are expected to generate crosstalk. As a consequence, crosstalk cannot be considered a limit in the use of the H9500 for the upgrade of the RICH at LHCb.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number5550320
Pages (from-to)2267-2272
Number of pages6
JournalIEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
Volume57
Issue number4 PART 2
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2010

Keywords

  • Crosstalk
  • optoelectronic
  • photomultipliers
  • photonic sensors

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Nuclear Energy and Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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