Studies of an array of PbF2 Cherenkov crystals with large-area SiPM readout

A. T. Fienberg; L. P. Alonzi; A. Anastasi; R. Bjorkquist; D. Cauz; R. Fatemi; C. Ferrari; A. Fioretti; A. Fankenthal; C. Gabbanini; L. K. Gibbons; K. Giovanetti; S. D. Goadhouse; W. P. Gohn; T. P. Gorringe; D. W. Hertzog; M. Iacovacci; P. Kammel; J. Kaspar; B. Kiburg; L. Li; S. Mastroianni; G. Pauletta; D. A. Peterson; D. Počanić; M. W. Smith; D. A. Sweigart; V. Tishchenko; G. Venanzoni; T. D. Van Wechel; K. B. Wall; P. Winter; K. Yai

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2015.02.028

Studies of an array of PbF₂ Cherenkov crystals with large-area SiPM readout

A. T. Fienberg, L. P. Alonzi, A. Anastasi, R. Bjorkquist, D. Cauz, R. Fatemi, C. Ferrari, A. Fioretti, A. Fankenthal, C. Gabbanini, L. K. Gibbons, K. Giovanetti, S. D. Goadhouse, W. P. Gohn, T. P. Gorringe, D. W. Hertzog, M. Iacovacci, P. Kammel, J. Kaspar, B. KiburgL. Li, S. Mastroianni, G. Pauletta, D. A. Peterson, D. Počanić, M. W. Smith, D. A. Sweigart, V. Tishchenko, G. Venanzoni, T. D. Van Wechel, K. B. Wall, P. Winter, K. Yai

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Abstract

The electromagnetic calorimeter for the new muon (g-2) experiment at Fermilab will consist of arrays of PbF₂ Cherenkov crystals read out by large-area silicon photo-multiplier (SiPM) sensors. We report here on measurements and simulations using 2.0-4.5 GeV electrons with a 28-element prototype array. All data were obtained using fast waveform digitizers to accurately capture signal pulse shapes vs. energy, impact position, angle, and crystal wrapping. The SiPMs were gain matched using a laser-based calibration system, which also provided a stabilization procedure that allowed gain correction to a level of 10^-4 per hour. After accounting for longitudinal fluctuation losses, those crystals wrapped in a white, diffusive wrapping exhibited an energy resolution σ/E of (3.4±0.1)%/E/GeV, while those wrapped in a black, absorptive wrapping had (4.6±0.3)%/E/GeV. The white-wrapped crystals - having nearly twice the total light collection - display a generally wider and impact-position-dependent pulse shape owing to the dynamics of the light propagation, in comparison to the black-wrapped crystals, which have a narrower pulse shape that is insensitive to impact position.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	12-21
Number of pages	10
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	783
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2015.02.028
State	Published - May 21 2015

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Funding

We thank Adam Para for the initial suggestion to test PbF 2 as a candidate material and for excellent advice on evaluating and choosing SiPM products. Tianchi Zhao negotiated the original contract with SICCAS and helped evaluate early samples. Carsten Hast, Keith Jobe and Zenon Szalata hosted this effort at the SLAC ESTB facility, which is supported under Department of Energy (DOE) contract DE-AC02-76SF00515 . This research was supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) MRI program ( PHY-1337542 ), by the DOE Offices of Nuclear ( DE-FG02-97ER41020 ) and High-Energy Physics ( DE-SC0008037 ), by the NSF Physics Division ( PHY-1205792 , PHY-1307328 , PHY-1307196 , DGE-1144153 ), by the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (Italy) , and by the National Natural Science Foundation of China ( 11375115 ) and the Shanghai Pujiang Program ( 13PJ1404200 ).

Funders	Funder number
DOE Offices of Nuclear	DE-FG02-97ER41020
Shanghai Pujiang Program, China	13PJ1404200
National Science Foundation (NSF)	PHY-1337542
Michigan State University-U.S. Department of Energy (MSU-DOE) Plant Research Laboratory	DE-AC02-76SF00515
USA Physics Division	PHY-1307328, DGE-1144153, PHY-1307196, PHY-1205792
Institute for High Energy Physics	DE-SC0008037
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)	11375115
Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare

Keywords

Electromagnetic calorimeter
Lead-fluoride crystals
Silicon photomultiplier

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Instrumentation

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Fienberg, A. T., Alonzi, L. P., Anastasi, A., Bjorkquist, R., Cauz, D., Fatemi, R., Ferrari, C., Fioretti, A., Fankenthal, A., Gabbanini, C., Gibbons, L. K., Giovanetti, K., Goadhouse, S. D., Gohn, W. P., Gorringe, T. P., Hertzog, D. W., Iacovacci, M., Kammel, P., Kaspar, J., ... Yai, K. (2015). Studies of an array of PbF₂ Cherenkov crystals with large-area SiPM readout. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 783, 12-21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2015.02.028

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