• DocumentCode
    437880
  • Title

    Prospects of using silicon photomultipliers for the astroparticle physics experiments EUSO and MAGIC

  • Author

    Otte, A. Nepomuk ; Dolgoshein, Boris ; Hose, Jürgen ; Klemin, Sergei ; Lorenz, Eckart ; Lutz, Gerhard ; Mirzoyan, Razmick ; Popova, Elena ; Richter, Rainer H. ; Strüder, L. W J ; Teshima, Masahiro

  • Author_Institution
    Max-Planck-Inst. fur Extraterrestrial Phys., Garching, Germany
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    16-22 Oct. 2004
  • Firstpage
    1044
  • Abstract
    We discuss the silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) as a novel photon detector for the astroparticle experiments MAGIC and EUSO. For these experiments we pursue two different developments of the SiPM. One development is pursued at MEPhI, where prototypes are available, and we will describe some characteristics. The second development, which is using the back illumination principle is at present in its design phase.
  • Keywords
    cosmic ray apparatus; gamma-ray apparatus; gamma-ray detection; photomultipliers; silicon radiation detectors; EUSO experiment; MAGIC experiment; astroparticle physics experiments; back illumination principle; photon detector; prototypes; silicon photomultipliers; Atmosphere; Cosmic rays; Detectors; Fluorescence; Hoses; Photomultipliers; Physics; Prototypes; Silicon; Telescopes;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2004 IEEE
  • ISSN
    1082-3654
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8700-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1082-3654
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/NSSMIC.2004.1462383
  • Filename
    1462383