Scintillator strip detector with SiPM readout as detector for a TOF system

The appearance of new photo-sensors, SiPMs, gives a new life to detectors based on solid scintillators. All the advantages of SiPMs have been demonstrated with the construction of the full-scale hadron calorimeter prototype by the CALICE collaboration. New applications are made possible by using strips as the detector element and SiPMs of new generation. Two examples are discussed: a TOF system for antineutron detection for the CMD-3 experiment at VLEPP-2000; and an antineutrino detector for on-line monitoring of nuclear power plants. For the first case, the timing properties of a strip-WLS fiber-SiPM system have been studied. A time resolution of 0.8 ns could be achieved. For the second case, the capability of antineutrino scintillator detector to moderate neutrons is used and discussed.