Trimethyl Bismuth Optical Properties for Particle Detection and the CaLIPSO Detector

Author

Ramos, E. ; Yvon, D. ; Verrecchia, P. ; Tauzin, G. ; Desforge, D. ; Reithinger, V. ; Dubreuil, D. ; Hamel, M. ; Flouzat, C. ; Sharyy, V. ; Bard, J.-P. ; Bulbul, Y. ; Mols, J.-P. ; Starzynski, P. ; Marcel, A. ; Granelli, R.

Author_Institution

Inst. de Rech. sur les lois Fondamentales de l´Univers, CEA Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

Volume

62

Issue

3

fYear

2015

fDate

Jun-15

Firstpage

1326

Lastpage

1335

Abstract

Trimethyl bismuth (TMBi) is a “heavy” transparent and dielectric organometallic liquid. This paper focuses on the measurement of TMBi´s optical properties relevant for particle detection. We measured the TMBi transmission curve and refraction index versus wavelength, as well as the light production yield and the timing performance on a small size cell.

Keywords

liquid ionisation chambers; particle calorimetry; CaLIPSO detector; TMBi transmission curve; dielectric organometallic liquid; particle detection; refraction index; trimethyl bismuth optical properties; Absorption; Adaptive optics; Indexes; Measurement uncertainty; Optical refraction; Optical variables measurement; Wavelength measurement; Biomedical imaging; calorimetry; gamma-ray detectors; position sensitive particle detectors; positron emission tomography;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TNS.2015.2424080

Filename

7102786