Title of article
Beam test performance of SiPM-based detectors for cosmic-ray experiments
Author/Authors
Kim، نويسنده , , M.Y. and Bagliesi، نويسنده , , M.G. and Bigongiari، نويسنده , , G. and Bonechi، نويسنده , , S. and Marrocchesi، نويسنده , , P.S. and Maestro، نويسنده , , P.، نويسنده ,
Pages
6
From page
177
To page
182
Abstract
Particle detector prototypes, equipped with Silicon PhotoMultipliers (SiPMs) and readout by dedicated front-end electronics, were tested with beams of fully ionized nuclei from boron (Z=5) to nickel (Z=28) with a kinetic energy ∼ 1 GeV / amu , at the Fragment Separator (FRS) of the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt. The tested instruments included prototypes of Cherenkov and scintillation hodoscopes designed for cosmic-ray experiments in space or in the upper atmosphere. In this paper, we summarize the results from the analysis of the beam tests data and of dedicated laboratory tests to characterize the response of the photosensors, the front-end electronics and the performance of the prototypal detectors.
Keywords
Silicon PhotoMultiplier , Charge identification , Scintillating fiber tracking , Cosmic-ray experiments
Journal title
Astroparticle Physics
Record number
2012704
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