Performance of fine-mesh photomultiplier tubes designed for an undoped-CsI endcap photon detector

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作者
Komatsubara, TK
Morimoto, T
Omata, K
Sugimoto, S
Tauchi, K
Inagaki, T
Kabe, S
Kobayashi, M
Kuno, Y
Sato, T
Shinkawa, T
Yoshimura, Y
Chiang, IH
Kettell, S
Li, KK
Littenberg, LS
Yamashita, A
Suzuki, H
Suzuki, S
机构
[1] High Energy Accelerator Res Org, Tanashi Branch, Tanashi, Tokyo 188, Japan
[2] High Energy Accelerator Res Org, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan
[3] Brookhaven Natl Lab, Upton, NY 11973 USA
[4] Hamamatsu Photon KK, Electron Tube Ctr, Toyooka, Shizuoka 43801, Japan
关键词
fine-mesh photomultiplier tube; magnetic field; gain; undoped-CsI; endcap; E787;
D O I
10.1016/S0168-9002(97)01107-8
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
We have developed two types of fine-mesh photomultiplier tubes for an undoped-CsI endcap photon detector installed in a strong axial magnetic field. These photomultiplier tubes have ultraviolet-transmitting glass windows, backed by large-area bialkali photocathodes, in order to efficiently detect scintillation light from undoped-CsI crystals. A gain of more than 2 x 10(5), in a magnetic field of 1.0 T, was obtained from these tubes with 19-stage fine-mesh dynodes, Gain drops caused by the magnetic field and by high anode currents were investigated. Several performance criteria of the tubes were studied: gain, quantum efficiency, linearity, noise, and transit time spread. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:315 / 326
页数:12
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