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Report number	arXiv:1709.08972
Title	Application of large area SiPMs for the readout of a plastic scintillator based timing detector
Related title	Application of large area SiPMs for the readout of a plastic scintillator based timing detector
Author(s)	Betancourt, C. (Zurich U.) ; Blondel, A. (Geneva U.) ; Brundler, R. (Zurich U.) ; Dätwyler, A. (Zurich U.) ; Favre, Y. (Geneva U.) ; Gascon, D. (ICC, Barcelona U.) ; Gomez, S. (ICC, Barcelona U.) ; Korzenev, Alexander (Geneva U.) ; Mermod, P. (Geneva U.) ; Noah, E. (Geneva U.) ; Serra, N. (Zurich U.) ; Sgalaberna, D. (Geneva U.) ; Storaci, B. (Zurich U.)
Publication	2017-11-27
Imprint	2017-09-26
Number of pages	8
In:	JINST 12 (2017) P11023
DOI	10.1088/1748-0221/12/11/P11023
Subject category	physics.ins-det ; Detectors and Experimental Techniques
Accelerator/Facility, Experiment	CERN PS CERN PS
Test beam	T9
Abstract	In this study an array of eight 6 mm x 6 mm area SiPMs was coupled to the end of a long plastic scintillator counter which was exposed to a 2.5 GeV/c muon beam at the CERN PS. Timing characteristics of bars with dimensions 150 cm x 6 cm x 1 cm and 120 cm x 11 cm x 2.5 cm have been studied. An 8-channel SiPM anode readout ASIC (MUSIC R1) based on a novel low input impedance current conveyor has been used to read out and amplify SiPMs independently and sum the signals at the end. Prospects for applications in large-scale particle physics detectors with timing resolution below 100 ps are provided in light of the results.
Copyright/License	arXiv nonexclusive-distrib. 1.0

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