The development of a high-resolution scintillating fiber tracker with silicon photomultiplier readout
In this work I present the design and test results for a novel, modular tracking detector from scintillating fibers which are read out by silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) arrays. The detector modules consist of 0.25 mm thin scintillating fibers which are closely packed in five-layer ribbons. Two ribbo...
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ftrwthaachenpubl:oai:publications.rwth-aachen.de:228687 2023-05-15T17:04:21+02:00 The development of a high-resolution scintillating fiber tracker with silicon photomultiplier readout Roper Yearwood, Gregorio Schael, Stefan DE 2013 https://publications.rwth-aachen.de/record/228687 https://publications.rwth-aachen.de/search?p=id:%22RWTH-CONV-143881%22 eng eng Publikationsserver der RWTH Aachen University info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/urn/urn:nbn:de:hbz:82-opus-44985 https://publications.rwth-aachen.de/record/228687 https://publications.rwth-aachen.de/search?p=id:%22RWTH-CONV-143881%22 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Aachen : Publikationsserver der RWTH Aachen University VIII, 195 S. : ill., graph. Darst. (2013). = Aachen, Techn. Hochsch., Diss., 2013 info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/530 Spurdetektor Photonenzähler Szintillationszähler Raumauflösung Lichtleitfaser Physik Siliziumphotomultiplier silicon photomultiplier tracking detector photon counter scintillation counter spatial resolution optical fiber info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2013 ftrwthaachenpubl 2022-06-30T20:40:01Z In this work I present the design and test results for a novel, modular tracking detector from scintillating fibers which are read out by silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) arrays. The detector modules consist of 0.25 mm thin scintillating fibers which are closely packed in five-layer ribbons. Two ribbons are fixed to both sides of a carbon-fiber composite structure. Custom made SiPM arrays with a photo-detection efficiency of about 50% read out the fibers. Several 860 mm long and 32 mm wide tracker modules were tested in a secondary 12 GeV/c beam at the PS facilities, CERN in November of 2009. During this test a spatial resolution better than 0.05 mm at an average light yield of about 20 photons for a minimum ionizing particle was determined. This work details the characterization of scintillating fibers and silicon photomultipliers of different make and model. It gives an overview of the production of scintillating fiber modules. The behavior of detector modules during the test-beam is analyzed in detail and different options for the front-end electronics are compared. Furthermore, the implementation of the proposed tracking detector from scintillating fibers within the scope of the PERDaix experiment is discussed. The PERDaix detector is a permanent magnet spectrometer with a weight of 40 kg. It consists of 8 tracking detector layers from scintillating fibers, a time-of-flight detector from plastic scintillator bars with silicon photomultiplier readout and a transition radiation detector from an irregular fleece radiator and Xe/CO2 filled proportional counting tubes. The PERDaix detector was launched with a helium balloon within the scope of the "Balloon-Experiments for University Students" (BEXUS) program from Kiruna, Sweden in November 2010. For a few hours PERDaix reached an altitude of 33 km and measured cosmic rays. In May 2011, the PERDaix detector was characterized during a test-beam at the PS-facilities at CERN. This work introduces methods for event reconstruction and detector alignment which allow an ... Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis Kiruna RWTH Aachen University: RWTH Publications Kiruna |
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In this work I present the design and test results for a novel, modular tracking detector from scintillating fibers which are read out by silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) arrays. The detector modules consist of 0.25 mm thin scintillating fibers which are closely packed in five-layer ribbons. Two ribbons are fixed to both sides of a carbon-fiber composite structure. Custom made SiPM arrays with a photo-detection efficiency of about 50% read out the fibers. Several 860 mm long and 32 mm wide tracker modules were tested in a secondary 12 GeV/c beam at the PS facilities, CERN in November of 2009. During this test a spatial resolution better than 0.05 mm at an average light yield of about 20 photons for a minimum ionizing particle was determined. This work details the characterization of scintillating fibers and silicon photomultipliers of different make and model. It gives an overview of the production of scintillating fiber modules. The behavior of detector modules during the test-beam is analyzed in detail and different options for the front-end electronics are compared. Furthermore, the implementation of the proposed tracking detector from scintillating fibers within the scope of the PERDaix experiment is discussed. The PERDaix detector is a permanent magnet spectrometer with a weight of 40 kg. It consists of 8 tracking detector layers from scintillating fibers, a time-of-flight detector from plastic scintillator bars with silicon photomultiplier readout and a transition radiation detector from an irregular fleece radiator and Xe/CO2 filled proportional counting tubes. The PERDaix detector was launched with a helium balloon within the scope of the "Balloon-Experiments for University Students" (BEXUS) program from Kiruna, Sweden in November 2010. For a few hours PERDaix reached an altitude of 33 km and measured cosmic rays. In May 2011, the PERDaix detector was characterized during a test-beam at the PS-facilities at CERN. This work introduces methods for event reconstruction and detector alignment which allow an ... |
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The development of a high-resolution scintillating fiber tracker with silicon photomultiplier readout |
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The development of a high-resolution scintillating fiber tracker with silicon photomultiplier readout |
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