Design of an Efficient, High-Throughput Photomultiplier Tube Testing Facility for the IceCube Upgrade

• Main Authors: IceCube Collaboration, Halve, Lasse, Abbasi, Rasha, Ackermann, Markus, Adams, Jenni, Aguilar, Juanan, Ahlers, M., Ahrens, Maryon, Alispach, Cyril Martin, Alves Junior, Antonio Augusto, Amin, Najia Moureen Binte, An, Rui, Andeen, Karen, Anderson, Tyler, Anton, Gisela, Arguelles, Carlos, Ashida, Yosuke, Axani, Spencer, Bai, Xinhua, Balagopal V., Aswathi, Barbano, Anastasia Maria, Barwick, S. W., Bastian, Benjamin, Basu, Vedant, Baur, Sebastian, Bay, R. C., Beatty, J. J., Becker, K.-H., Becker Tjus, Julia, Bellenghi, Chiara, BenZvi, Segev, Berley, D., Bernardini, Elisa, Besson, D. Z., Binder, Gary, Bindig, Daniel, Blaufuss, E., Blot, Summer, Boddenberg, Matthias, Bontempo, Federico, Borowka, Jurgen, Boser, S., Botner, Olga, Bottcher, Jakob, Bourbeau, Etienne, Bradascio, Federica, Braun, J., Bron, Stephanie, Brostean-Kaiser, Jannes, Browne, Sally-Ann, Burgman, Alexander, Burley, Ryan, Busse, Raffaela, Campana, Michael, Carnie-Bronca, Erin, Chen, Chujie, Chirkin, Dmitry, Choi, Koun, Clark, Bryanlee, Clark, Kenneth, Classen, Lew, Coleman, Alan, Collin, Gabriel, Conrad, J. M., Coppin, Paul, Correa, Pablo, Cowen, D. F., Cross, R., Dappen, Christian, Dave, Pranav, Clercq, Catherine De, DeLaunay, James, Dembinski, Hans, Deoskar, Kunal, De Ridder, Sam, Desai, Abhishek, Desiati, Paolo, Vries, Krijn De, Wasseige, Gwenhaël de, De With, Meike, DeYoung, Tyce, Dharani, Sukeerthi, Diaz, Alejandro, Diaz-Velez, Juan Carlos, Dittmer, Markus, Dujmovic, Hrvoje, Dunkman, Matt, DuVernois, Michael, Dvorak, Emily, Ehrhardt, Thomas, Eller, Philipp, Engel, Ralph, Erpenbeck, Hannah, Evans, John, Evenson, P. A., Fazely, A. R., Fiedlschuster, Sebastian, Fienberg, Aaron, Filimonov, Kirill, Finley, Chad, Fischer, Leander, Fox, Derek B., Franckowiak, Anna, Friedman, Elizabeth, Fritz, Alexander, Furst, Philipp, Gaisser, T. K., Gallagher, Jay, Ganster, Erik, Garcia, Alfonso, Garrappa, Simone, Gerhardt, L., Ghadimi, Ava, Glaser, Christian, Glauch, Theo, Glusenkamp, Thorsten, Goldschmidt, A., Gonzalez, Javier, Goswami, Sreetama, Grant, Darren, Grégoire, Timothée, Griswold, Spencer, Gunduz, Mehmet, Günther, Christoph, Haack, Christian, Hallgren, Allan, Halliday, R., Halve, L., Halzen, F., Ha Minh, Martin, Hanson, Kael, Hardin, John, Harnisch, Alexander A., Haungs, Andreas, Hauser, Simon, Hebecker, Dustin, Helbing, K., Henningsen, Felix, Hettinger, Emma C., Hickford, Stephanie, Hignight, Joshua, Hill, Colton, Hill, G. C., Hoffman, Kara, Hoffmann, Ruth, Hoinka, Tobias, Hokanson-Fasig, Benjamin, Hoshina, K., Huang, Feifei, Huber, Matthias, Huber, Thomas, Hultqvist, Klas, Hunnefeld, Mirco, Hussain, Raamis, In, Seongjin, Iovine, Nadège, Ishihara, Aya, Jansson, Matti, Japaridze, George, Jeong, Minjin, Jones, Ben, Kang, Donghwa, Kang, Woosik, Kang, Xinyue, Kappes, Alexander, Kappesser, David, Karg, Timo, Karl, Martina, Karle, A., Katz, U., Kauer, M., Kellermann, Moritz, Kelley, J. L., Kheirandish, Ali, Kin, Ken'ichi, Kintscher, Thomas, Kiryluk, Joanna, Klein, Spencer, Koirala, Ramesh, Kolanoski, Hermann, Kontrimas, Tomas, Kopke, Lutz, Kopper, Claudio, Kopper, Sandro, Koskinen, D. J., Koundal, Paras, Kovacevich, Michael, Kowalski, Marek, Kozynets, Tetiana, Kun, Emma, Kurahashi, Naoko, Lad, Neha, Lagunas Gualda, Cristina, Lanfranchi, Justin, Larson, Michael J., Lauber, Frederik Hermann, Lazar, Jeffrey, Lee, Jiwoong, Leonard, Kayla, Leszczyńska, Agnieszka, Li, Yijia, Lincetto, Massimiliano, Liu, Qinrui, Liubarska, Maria, Lohfink, Elisa, Lozano Mariscal, Cristian Jesus, Lu, Lu, Lucarelli, Francesco, Ludwig, Andrew, Luszczak, William, Lyu, Yang, Ma, Wing Yan, Madsen, James, Mahn, Kendall, Makino, Yuya, Mancina, Sarah, Maris, Ioana Codrina, Maruyama, Reina H., Mase, K., McElroy, Thomas, McNally, Frank, Mead, James Vincent, Meagher, K., Medina, Andres, Meier, Maximilian, Meighen-Berger, Stephan, Micallef, Jessie, Mockler, Daniela, Montaruli, Teresa, Moore, Roger, Morse, R., Moulai, Marjon, Naab, Richard, Nagai, Ryo, Naumann, Uwe, Necker, Jannis, Nguyen, Le Viet, Niederhausen, Hans, Nisa, Mehr, Nowicki, Sarah, Nygren, Dave, Obertacke Pollmann, Anna, Oehler, Marie, Olivas, A., O'Sullivan, Erin, Pandya, Hershal, Pankova, Daria, Park, Nahee, Parker, Grant, Paudel, Ek Narayan, Paul, Larissa, Perez de los Heros, Carlos, Peters, Lilly, Philippen, Saskia, Pieloth, Damian, Pieper, Sarah, Pittermann, Martin, Pizzuto, A., Plum, M., Popovych, Yuiry, Porcelli, Alessio, Prado Rodriguez, Maria, Price, P. Buford, Pries, Brandom, Przybylski, Gerald, Raab, Christoph, Raissi, Amirreza, Rameez, Mohamed, Rawlins, K., Rea, Immacolata Carmen, Rehman, Abdul, Reichherzer, Patrick, Reimann, René, Renzi, Giovanni, Resconi, Elisa, Reusch, Simeon, Rhode, Wolfgang, Richman, Mike, Riedel, Benedikt, Roberts, Ella, Robertson, Sally, Roellinghoff, Gerrit, Rongen, Martin, Rott, Carsten, Ruhe, Tim, Ryckbosch, Dirk, Rysewyk Cantu, Devyn, Safa, Ibrahim, Saffer, Julian, Sanchez Herrera, Sebastian, Sandrock, Alexander, Sandroos, Joakim, Santander, Marcos, Sarkar, Subir, Sarkar, Sourav, Satalecka, Konstancja, Scharf, Maximilian Karl, Schaufel, Merlin, Schieler, Harald, Schindler, Sebastian, Schlunder, P., Schmidt, Torsten, Schneider, Austin, Schneider, Judith, Schröder, Frank G., Schumacher, Lisa Johanna, Schwefer, Georg, Sclafani, Steve, Seckel, D., Seunarine, Surujhdeo, Sharma, Ankur, Shefali, Shefali, Silva, Manuel, Skrzypek, Barbara, Smithers, Ben, Snihur, Robert, Soedingrekso, Jan, Soldin, Dennis, Spannfellner, Christian, Spiczak, Glenn, Spiering, Christian, Stachurska, Juliana, Stamatikos, Michael, Stanev, T., Stein, Robert, Stettner, Joeran, Steuer, A., Stezelberger, T., Sturwald, Timo, Stuttard, Thomas, Sullivan, G. W., Taboada, I., Tenholt, Frederik, Ter-Antonyan, Samvel, Tilav, S., Tischbein, Franziska, Tollefson, Kirsten, Tomankova, Lenka, Tönnis, Christoph, Toscano, Simona, Tosi, Delia, Trettin, Alexander, Tselengidou, Maria, Tung, Chunfai, Turcati, Andrea, Turcotte, Roxanne, Turley, Colin, Twagirayezu, Jean Pierre, Ty, Bunheng, Unland Elorrieta, Martin, Valtonen-Mattila, Nora, Vandenbroucke, Justin, Eijndhoven, Nick Van, Vannerom, David, Santen, Jakob Van, Verpoest, Stef, Vraeghe, Matthias, Walck, C., Watson, Timothyblake, Weaver, Chris, Weigel, Philip, Weindl, Andreas, Weiss, Matthew, Weldert, Jan, Wendt, Chris, Weyrauch, Mark, Whitehorn, Nathan, Wiebusch, C. H., Williams, Dawn, Wolf, Martin, Woschnagg, Kurt, Wrede, Gerrit, Wulff, Johan, Xu, Xianwu, Xu, Yiqian, Yanez, Juan Pablo, Yoshida, S., Yu, Shiqi, Yuan, Tianlu, Zhang, Zelong, Werthebach, Johannes
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati 2021
• Subjects: ddc:530; Physics; info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/530; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: https://publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/1000138579; https://publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/1000138579/128577865; https://doi.org/10.5445/IR/1000138579

The IceCube Upgrade is an extension of the IceCube detector at the geographic South Pole. It consists of seven new strings with novel instrumentation. More than 430 multi-PMT optical modules called "mDOMs", housing 24 3-inch PMTs each, will be produced for the Upgrade. This will require testing and pre-calibration on a short timescale of more than 10,000 PMTs prior to assembly and deployment. We present the design of a PMT testing facility that enables simultaneous testing of roughly 100 PMTs per day at temperatures down to -20°C. The design is implemented at RWTH Aachen University and TU Dortmund University in parallel to achieve a throughput of up to 1,000 PMTs per week. This will enable a steady supply of tested PMTs to the production sites, which is critical for the Upgrade, as well as the future IceCube-Gen2 project.