Author/Authors :
Anzivino، نويسنده , , G and Arnaudon، نويسنده , , H and Baillon، نويسنده , , P and Benetti، نويسنده , , P and Boskma، نويسنده , , L and Burger، نويسنده , , P and Contin، نويسنده , , A and DeSalvo، نويسنده , , R and Gorodetzky، نويسنده , , P and Grassi، نويسنده , , D and Hao، نويسنده , , W and He، نويسنده , , H and Liu، نويسنده , , L and Lundin، نويسنده , , M and Mondardini، نويسنده , , M.R and Paolucci، نويسنده , , S and Rossella، نويسنده , , M and Santiard، نويسنده , , J.C and Schomaker، نويسنده , , R and You، نويسنده , , K and Wang، نويسنده , , K and Wang، نويسنده , , Y and Xia، نويسنده , , X and Xu، نويسنده , , C and Yang، نويسنده , , C and Zhao، نويسنده , , M، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
The HPD is a nonmultiplicative light detector with typical gain of 1000 to 5000. Its development project, mainly supported by the CERN LAA project and by the INFN group V, was originally intended to find a replacement for the photo multiplier (PM) tubes for scintillating fibre calorimeter readout. After five years of development the HPD has become a versatile light detector, commercially available for everyday use, that can outperform PM tubes in photon counting efficiency and resolution, multi tesla magnetic field operation, uniformity of response, fast pulse dynamic range, and gain stability. The HPD has also a wide edge on PMs on pixelization potential and it is getting more and more competitive on timing properties. A review of the HPD performances and its latest advances are reported.
