Use of flat panel micro-channel photomultiplier in sampling calorimeter with timing

Author

Kim, Heejong

Author_Institution

Dept. of Radiol., Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

Oct. 30 2010-Nov. 6 2010

Firstpage

1707

Lastpage

1710

Abstract

Large Area Picosecond Photo-detector (LAPPD) is a project to develop large area (8"x8") micro-channel plate photomultiplier (MCP PMT) cost effectively. The MCP PMT under development also features a read-out scheme using high frequency (>; 10GS/s) waveform sampling of the signal on Transmission-line. Due to its good timing and space resolution, it would be suitable for Time-of-Flight (TOF) detectors and calorimeters in large scale high energy physics experiments. The MCP PMT from LAPPD can also be applicable to Positron Emission Tomography (PET) detector. A prototype PET detector module was built to demonstrate the idea of using the MCP PMT from LAPPD for PET application. Preliminary test results are presented in this paper.

Keywords

nuclear electronics; particle calorimetry; photodetectors; photomultipliers; readout electronics; scintillation counters; LAPPD; flat panel microchannel photomultiplier; high frequency waveform sampling; large area picosecond photodetector; large scale high energy physics experiments; microchannel plate photomultiplier; positron emission tomography detector; prototype PET detector module; readout scheme; sampling calorimeter; space resolution; time-of-flight detectors; transmission-line; Detectors; Positron emission tomography; Prototypes; Strips; Timing; Transmission lines;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS/MIC), 2010 IEEE

Conference_Location

Knoxville, TN

ISSN

1095-7863

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9106-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2010.5874066

Filename

5874066