arXiv : Test and characterization of 400 Hamamatsu R5912-MOD photomultiplier tubes for the ICARUS T600 detector

Babicz, M.; Gibin, D.; Rappoldi, A.; Prata, M.C.; Rubbia, C.; Vignoli, C.; Spanu, M.; Centro, S.; Mazza, R.; Braggiotti, A.; Bagby, L.; Pietropaolo, F.; Fichera, F.; Nessi, M.; Scaramelli, A.; Baibussinov, B.; Sala, P.; Meng, G.; Fava, A.; Torti, M.; Tortorici, F.; Zani, A.; Varanini, F.; Montanari, C.; Falcone, A.; Kose, U.; Menegolli, A.; Sergiampietri, F.; Guglielmi, A.; Cervi, T.; Bonesini, M.; Farnese, C.; Ventura, S.; Rossella, M.; Bellini, V.; Cocco, A.G.; Picchi, P.; Raselli, G.L.

doi:10.1088/1748-0221/13/10/P10030

Article
Report number	arXiv:1807.08577 ; FERMILAB-PUB-18-390-ND
Title	Test and characterization of 400 Hamamatsu R5912-MOD photomultiplier tubes for the ICARUS T600 detector
Author(s)	Babicz, M. (Cracow, INP ; CERN) ; Bagby, L. (Fermilab) ; Baibussinov, B. (INFN, Padua ; Padua U.) ; Bellini, V. (Catania U. ; INFN, Catania) ; Bonesini, M. (INFN, Milan ; Milan Bicocca U.) ; Braggiotti, A. (Fermilab ; CNR, Italy) ; Centro, S. (INFN, Padua ; Padua U.) ; Cervi, T. (INFN, Pavia ; Pavia U.) ; Cocco, A.G. (INFN, Naples ; Naples U.) ; Falcone, A. (INFN, Pavia ; Pavia U. ; Texas U., Arlington) ; Farnese, C. (INFN, Padua ; Padua U.) ; Fava, A. (Fermilab ; INFN, Padua ; Padua U.) ; Fichera, F. (Catania U. ; INFN, Catania) ; Gibin, D. (INFN, Padua ; Padua U.) ; Guglielmi, A. (INFN, Padua ; Padua U.) ; Kose, U. (CERN) ; Mazza, R. (INFN, Milan ; Milan Bicocca U.) ; Menegolli, A. (INFN, Pavia ; Pavia U.) ; Meng, G. (INFN, Padua ; Padua U.) ; Montanari, C. (INFN, Pavia ; Pavia U.) ; Nessi, M. (CERN) ; Picchi, P. (INFN, Pavia ; Pavia U.) ; Pietropaolo, F. (CERN ; INFN, Padua ; Padua U.) ; Prata, M.C. (INFN, Pavia ; Pavia U.) ; Rappoldi, A. (INFN, Pavia ; Pavia U.) ; Raselli, G.L. (INFN, Pavia ; Pavia U.) ; Rossella, M. (INFN, Pavia ; Pavia U.) ; Rubbia, C. (CERN ; GSSI, Aquila ; Gran Sasso) ; Sala, P. (CERN) ; Scaramelli, A. (INFN, Pavia ; Pavia U.) ; Sergiampietri, F. (INFN, Pisa) ; Spanu, M. (INFN, Pavia ; Pavia U.) ; Torti, M. (INFN, Milan ; Milan Bicocca U.) ; Tortorici, F. (Catania U. ; INFN, Catania) ; Varanini, F. (INFN, Padua ; Padua U.) ; Ventura, S. (INFN, Padua ; Padua U.) ; Vignoli, C. (Gran Sasso) ; Zani, A. (CERN)
Publication	2018-10-26
Imprint	2018-07-23
Number of pages	19
In:	JINST 13 (2018) P10030
DOI	10.1088/1748-0221/13/10/P10030
Subject category	physics.ins-det ; Detectors and Experimental Techniques
Accelerator/Facility, Experiment	ICARUS T600
Abstract	ICARUS T600 will be operated as far detector of the Short Baseline Neutrino program at Fermilab (USA), which foresees three liquid argon time projection chambers along the Booster Neutrino Beam line to search for a LSND-like sterile neutrino signal. The detector employs 360 photomultiplier tubes, Hamamatsu model R5912-MOD, suitable for cryogenic applications. A total of 400 PMTs were procured from Hamamatsu and tested at room temperature to evaluate the performance of the devices and their compliance to detect the liquid argon scintillation light in the T600 detector. Furthermore 60 units were also characterized at cryogenic temperature, in liquid argon bath, to evaluate any parameter variation which could affect the scintillation light detection. All the tested PMTs were found to comply with the requirements of ICARUS T600 and a subset of 360 specimens was selected for the final installation in the detector.
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