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Title A first prototype of C6 D6 total-energy detector with SiPM readout for neutron capture time-of-flight experiments
Related titleA first prototype of C 6 D 6 total-energy detector with SiPM readout for neutron capture time-of-flight experiments
Author(s) n_TOF Collaboration  Показать всех 20 авторов
Publication 2021
Number of pages 8
In: Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., A 985 (2021) 164709
DOI 10.1016/j.nima.2020.164709
Subject category Detectors and Experimental Techniques
Accelerator/Facility, Experiment CERN PS ; nTOF
Abstract Low efficiency total-energy detectors (TEDs) are one of the main tools for neutron capture cross section measurements utilizing the time-of-flight (TOF) technique. State-of-the-art TEDs are based on a C6 D6 liquid-scintillation cell optically coupled to a fast photomultiplier tube. The large photomultiplier tube represents yet a significant contribution to the so-called neutron sensitivity background, which is one of the most conspicuous sources of uncertainty in this type of experiments. Here we report on the development of a first prototype of a TED based on a silicon-photomultiplier (SiPM) readout, thus resulting in a lightweight and much more compact detector. Apart from the envisaged improvement in neutron sensitivity, the new system uses low voltage (+28 V) and low current supply ( ∼ 50 mA), which is more practical than the ∼ kV supply required by conventional photomultipliers. One important difficulty hindering the earlier implementation of SiPM readout for this type of detector was the large capacitance for the output signal when all pixels of a SiPM array are summed together. The latter leads to long pulse rise and decay times, which are not suitable for time-of-flight experiments. In this work we demonstrate the feasibility of a Schottky-diode multiplexing readout approach, that allows one to preserve the excellent timing properties of SiPMs, hereby paving the way for their implementation in future neutron TOF experiments.
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