Performance of a large scale scintillating fiber tracker using VLPC readout

Author

Adams, D. ; Adams, M. ; Baumbaugh, B. ; Bertram, I. ; Bross, A. ; Casey, D. ; Chang, S. ; Chung, M. ; Cooper, C. ; Cretsinger, C. ; Demina, R. ; Fanourakis, G. ; Ferbel, T. ; Grunendahl, S. ; Hinson, J. ; Howell, B. ; Johari, H. ; Kang, J.S. ; Kim, C.L. ;

Author_Institution

Rice Univ., USA

Volume

42

Issue

4

fYear

1995

fDate

8/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

401

Lastpage

406

Abstract

A large scale scintillating fiber tracker using visible light photon counter (VLPC) readout was built as a prototype far the upgraded DØ central tracker. This prototype has been under test at Fermilab for six months using cosmic rays. A description of the components of the tracker including the photodetector, fibers, lightguides, ribbons, and DAQ is given. Preliminary results on detected photon yield, position resolution, efficiency and VLPC performance are presented

Keywords

cosmic ray apparatus; data acquisition; photodetectors; photon counting; position sensitive particle detectors; solid scintillation detectors; 6 month; Fermilab; VLPC readout; cosmic rays; data acquisition; detector performance; efficiency; large scale scintillating fiber tracker; lightguides; photodetector; photon yield; position resolution; prototype tracker; ribbons; upgraded D0 central tracker; visible light photon counter; Connectors; Large-scale systems; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber testing; Photodetectors; Prototypes; Radiation detectors; Scintillation counters; Steel; Temperature;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.467812

Filename

467812