A test bench for the AMS-RICH photodetector modules

Author

Vargas-Treviño, M. ; Ballon, J. ; Barrau, A. ; Boudoul, G. ; Buénerd, M. ; Derome, L. ; Eraud, L. ; Gallin-Martel, L. ; Scordilis, J.P. ; Véziant, O.

Author_Institution

Lab. de Phys. Subatomique et de Cosmologie, Grenoble, France

Volume

3

fYear

2004

fDate

18-20 May 2004

Firstpage

1833

Abstract

The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer experiment to be installed on the International Space Station will be equipped with a Proximity Focusing Ring Imaging Cerenkov detector for ion identification. A prototype (2nd generation) has been constructed, which performances have been evaluated both with Cosmic Ray particles and beam ions. A test bench (PMT and Front End Electronics selection) was developed for the testing of the photodetector modules of the flight model. It is described in this contribution.

Keywords

Cherenkov counters; cosmic ray apparatus; modules; nuclear electronics; particle spectrometers; photodetectors; photomultipliers; AMS-RICH photodetector modules; Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer experiment; International Space Station; PMT; cosmic ray flux; flight model; frontend electronics; ion identification; proximity focusing ring imaging Cerenkov detector; test bench; Detectors; Electronic equipment testing; Focusing; International Space Station; Ion beams; Particle beams; Performance evaluation; Photodetectors; Prototypes; Spectroscopy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 2004. IMTC 04. Proceedings of the 21st IEEE

ISSN

1091-5281

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8248-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMTC.2004.1351439

Filename

1351439