Construction and performance of a silicon photomultiplier/extruded scintillator tail-catcher and muon-tracker

C. Adloff; J. Blaha; J. J. Blaising; C. Drancourt; A. Espargilière; R. Gaglione; N. Geffroy; Y. Karyotakis; J. Prast; G. Vouters; B. Bilki; K. Francis; J. Repond; J. Smith; L. Xia; E. Baldolemar; J. Li; T. Park; M. Sosebee; P. White; J. Yu; T. Buanes; G. Eigen; Y. Mikami; K. Watson; G. Mavromanolakis; A. Thomson; R. Ward; W. Yan; D. Benchekroun; A. Hoummada; Y. Khoulaki; M. Benyamna; C. Cârloganu; F. Fehr; P. Gay; S. Manen; L. Royer; F. C. Blazey; S. Boona; D. Chakraborty; A. Dyshkant; D. Hedin; R. Lima; J. Powell; V. Rykalin; N. Scurti; M. Smith; N. Tran; V. Zutshi; J. Y. Hostachy; L. Morin; U. Cornett; D. David; J. Dietrich; G. Falley; K. Gadow; P. Göttlicher; C. Günter; B. Hermberg; S. Karstensen; F. Krivan; A. I. Lucaci-Timoce; S. Lu; B. Lutz; I. Marchesini; S. Morozov; V. Morgunov; M. Reinecke; F. Sefkow; P. Smirnov; M. Terwort; A. Vargas-Trevino; N. Feege; E. Garutti; P. Eckert; A. Kaplan; H. Ch Schultz-Coulon; W. Shen; R. Stamen; A. Tadday; E. Norbeck; Y. Onel; W. Wilson; K. Kawagoe; S. Uozumi; D. Dauncey; A. M. Magnan; V. Bartsch; M. Wing; F. Salvatore; E. Calvo Alamillo; M. C. Fouz; J. Puerta-Pelayo; B. Bobchenko; M. Chadeeva; M. Danilov; A. Epifantsev; O. Markin; R. Mizuk; E. Novikov; V. Rusinov; E. Tarkovsky; N. Kirikova; V. Kozlov; Y. Soloviev; P. Buzhan; B. Dolgoshein; A. Ilyin; V. Kantserov; V. Kaplin; A. Karakash; E. Popova; S. Smirnov; A. Frey; C. Kiesling; K. Seidel; F. Simon; C. Soldner; L. Weuste; J. Bonis; B. Bouquet; S. Callier; P. Cornebise; Doublet Ph Doublet; F. Dulucq; M. Faucci Giannelli; J. Fleury; H. Li; G. Martin-Chassard; F. Richard; De La Taille Ch De La Taille; R. Pöschl; L. Raux; N. Seguin-Moreau; F. Wicek; M. Anduze; V. Boudry; J. C. Brient; D. Jeans; P. Mora De Freitas; G. Musat; M. Reinhard; M. Ruan; H. Videau; B. Bulanek; J. Zacek; J. Cvach; P. Gallus; M. Havranek; M. Janata; J. Kvasnicka; D. Lednicky; M. Marcisovsky; I. Polak; J. Popule; L. Tomasek; M. Tomasek; P. Ruzicka; P. Sicho; J. Smolik; V. Vrba; J. Zalesak; B. Belhorma; H. Ghazlane; T. Takeshita

doi:10.1088/1748-0221/7/04/P04015

Construction and performance of a silicon photomultiplier/extruded scintillator tail-catcher and muon-tracker

C. Adloff
, J. Blaha
, J. J. Blaising
, C. Drancourt
, A. Espargilière
, R. Gaglione
, N. Geffroy
, Y. Karyotakis
, J. Prast
, G. Vouters
, B. Bilki
, K. Francis
, J. Repond
, J. Smith
, L. Xia
, E. Baldolemar
, J. Li
, T. Park
, M. Sosebee
, P. White

J. Yu, T. Buanes, G. Eigen, Y. Mikami, K. Watson, G. Mavromanolakis, A. Thomson, R. Ward, W. Yan, D. Benchekroun, A. Hoummada, Y. Khoulaki, M. Benyamna, C. Cârloganu, F. Fehr, P. Gay, S. Manen, L. Royer, F. C. Blazey, S. Boona, D. Chakraborty, A. Dyshkant, D. Hedin, R. Lima, J. Powell, V. Rykalin, N. Scurti, M. Smith, N. Tran, V. Zutshi, J. Y. Hostachy, L. Morin, U. Cornett, D. David, J. Dietrich, G. Falley, K. Gadow, P. Göttlicher, C. Günter, B. Hermberg, S. Karstensen, F. Krivan, A. I. Lucaci-Timoce, S. Lu, B. Lutz, I. Marchesini, S. Morozov, V. Morgunov, M. Reinecke, F. Sefkow, P. Smirnov, M. Terwort, A. Vargas-Trevino, N. Feege, E. Garutti, P. Eckert, A. Kaplan, H. Ch Schultz-Coulon, W. Shen, R. Stamen, A. Tadday, E. Norbeck, Y. Onel, W. Wilson, K. Kawagoe, S. Uozumi, D. Dauncey, A. M. Magnan, V. Bartsch, M. Wing, F. Salvatore, E. Calvo Alamillo, M. C. Fouz, J. Puerta-Pelayo, B. Bobchenko, M. Chadeeva, M. Danilov, A. Epifantsev, O. Markin, R. Mizuk, E. Novikov, V. Rusinov, E. Tarkovsky, N. Kirikova, V. Kozlov, Y. Soloviev, P. Buzhan, B. Dolgoshein, A. Ilyin, V. Kantserov, V. Kaplin, A. Karakash, E. Popova, S. Smirnov, A. Frey, C. Kiesling, K. Seidel, F. Simon, C. Soldner, L. Weuste, J. Bonis, B. Bouquet, S. Callier, P. Cornebise, Doublet Ph Doublet, F. Dulucq, M. Faucci Giannelli, J. Fleury, H. Li, G. Martin-Chassard, F. Richard, De La Taille Ch De La Taille, R. Pöschl, L. Raux, N. Seguin-Moreau, F. Wicek, M. Anduze, V. Boudry, J. C. Brient, D. Jeans, P. Mora De Freitas, G. Musat, M. Reinhard, M. Ruan, H. Videau, B. Bulanek, J. Zacek, J. Cvach, P. Gallus, M. Havranek, M. Janata, J. Kvasnicka, D. Lednicky, M. Marcisovsky, I. Polak, J. Popule, L. Tomasek, M. Tomasek, P. Ruzicka, P. Sicho, J. Smolik, V. Vrba, J. Zalesak, B. Belhorma, H. Ghazlane, T. Takeshita

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Argonne National Laboratory
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University of Iowa
Department of Physics
University of Texas at Arlington
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University of Bergen
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University of Birmingham
University of Cambridge
European Organization for Nuclear Research
Department of Modern Physics
University of Science and Technology of China
Faculté des Sciences
Université Hassan II Aïn Chock - Casablanca et LASAARE
Clermont-Auvergne University
Department of Physics
Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie de Grenoble
c/o DESY
I. Institute of Theoretical Physics
Universität Hamburg
Fakultat fur Physik und Astronomie
University of Heidelberg
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Kansas
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Kobe University
ITEP
Department of Physics
Imperial College London
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University College London
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Royal Holloway University of London
Kyungpook National University
Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT)
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P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
National Research Nuclear University MEPhI
Max-Planck-Institut für Physik
Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire
II Physikalisches Institut
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Sussex
Charles University
Center for Particle Physics
Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Centre National de l'Energie des Sciences Techniques Nucleaires
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Shinshu University
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A prototype module for an International Linear Collider (ILC) detector was built, installed, and tested between 2006 and 2009 at CERN and Fermilab as part of the CALICE test beam program, in order to study the possibilities of extending energy sampling behind a hadronic calorimeter and to study the possibilities of providing muon tracking. The ''tail catcher/muon tracker'' (TCMT) is composed of 320 extruded scintillator strips (dimensions 1000 × 50 × 5 mm³) packaged in 16 one-meter square planes interleaved between steel plates. The scintillator strips were read out with wavelength shifting fibers and silicon photomultipliers. The planes were arranged with alternating horizontal and vertical strip orientations. Data were collected for muons and pions in the energy range 6 GeV to 80 GeV. Utilizing data taken in 2006, this paper describes the design and construction of the TCMT, performance characteristics, and a beam-based evaluation of the ability of the TCMT to improve hadronic energy resolution in a prototype ILC detector. For a typical configuration of an ILC detector with a coil situated outside a calorimeter system with a thickness of 5.5 nuclear interaction lengths, a TCMT would improve relative energy resolution by 6-16% for pions between 20 and 80 GeV.

Original language	English
Article number	P04015
Journal	Journal of Instrumentation
Volume	7
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/7/04/P04015
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2012

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Calorimeters
Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics
Photon detectors for UV, visible and IR photons (solid-state)ARXIV EPRINT: 1201.1653

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Adloff, C., Blaha, J., Blaising, J. J., Drancourt, C., Espargilière, A., Gaglione, R., Geffroy, N., Karyotakis, Y., Prast, J., Vouters, G., Bilki, B., Francis, K., Repond, J., Smith, J., Xia, L., Baldolemar, E., Li, J., Park, T., Sosebee, M., ... Takeshita, T. (2012). Construction and performance of a silicon photomultiplier/extruded scintillator tail-catcher and muon-tracker. Journal of Instrumentation, 7(4), Article P04015. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/7/04/P04015

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T1 - Construction and performance of a silicon photomultiplier/extruded scintillator tail-catcher and muon-tracker

AU - Adloff, C.

AU - Blaha, J.

AU - Blaising, J. J.

AU - Drancourt, C.

AU - Espargilière, A.

AU - Gaglione, R.

AU - Geffroy, N.

AU - Karyotakis, Y.

AU - Prast, J.

AU - Vouters, G.

AU - Bilki, B.

AU - Francis, K.

AU - Repond, J.

AU - Smith, J.

AU - Xia, L.

AU - Baldolemar, E.

AU - Li, J.

AU - Park, T.

AU - Sosebee, M.

AU - White, P.

AU - Yu, J.

AU - Buanes, T.

AU - Eigen, G.

AU - Mikami, Y.

AU - Watson, K.

AU - Mavromanolakis, G.

AU - Thomson, A.

AU - Ward, R.

AU - Yan, W.

AU - Benchekroun, D.

AU - Hoummada, A.

AU - Khoulaki, Y.

AU - Benyamna, M.

AU - Cârloganu, C.

AU - Fehr, F.

AU - Gay, P.

AU - Manen, S.

AU - Royer, L.

AU - Blazey, F. C.

AU - Boona, S.

AU - Chakraborty, D.

AU - Dyshkant, A.

AU - Hedin, D.

AU - Lima, R.

AU - Powell, J.

AU - Rykalin, V.

AU - Scurti, N.

AU - Smith, M.

AU - Tran, N.

AU - Zutshi, V.

AU - Hostachy, J. Y.

AU - Morin, L.

AU - Cornett, U.

AU - David, D.

AU - Dietrich, J.

AU - Falley, G.

AU - Gadow, K.

AU - Göttlicher, P.

AU - Günter, C.

AU - Hermberg, B.

AU - Karstensen, S.

AU - Krivan, F.

AU - Lucaci-Timoce, A. I.

AU - Lu, S.

AU - Lutz, B.

AU - Marchesini, I.

AU - Morozov, S.

AU - Morgunov, V.

AU - Reinecke, M.

AU - Sefkow, F.

AU - Smirnov, P.

AU - Terwort, M.

AU - Vargas-Trevino, A.

AU - Feege, N.

AU - Garutti, E.

AU - Eckert, P.

AU - Kaplan, A.

AU - Schultz-Coulon, H. Ch

AU - Shen, W.

AU - Stamen, R.

AU - Tadday, A.

AU - Norbeck, E.

AU - Onel, Y.

AU - Wilson, W.

AU - Kawagoe, K.

AU - Uozumi, S.

AU - Dauncey, D.

AU - Magnan, A. M.

AU - Bartsch, V.

AU - Wing, M.

AU - Salvatore, F.

AU - Calvo Alamillo, E.

AU - Fouz, M. C.

AU - Puerta-Pelayo, J.

AU - Bobchenko, B.

AU - Chadeeva, M.

AU - Danilov, M.

AU - Epifantsev, A.

AU - Markin, O.

AU - Mizuk, R.

AU - Novikov, E.

AU - Rusinov, V.

AU - Tarkovsky, E.

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AU - Kozlov, V.

AU - Soloviev, Y.

AU - Buzhan, P.

AU - Dolgoshein, B.

AU - Ilyin, A.

AU - Kantserov, V.

AU - Kaplin, V.

AU - Karakash, A.

AU - Popova, E.

AU - Smirnov, S.

AU - Frey, A.

AU - Kiesling, C.

AU - Seidel, K.

AU - Simon, F.

AU - Soldner, C.

AU - Weuste, L.

AU - Bonis, J.

AU - Bouquet, B.

AU - Callier, S.

AU - Cornebise, P.

AU - Ph Doublet, Doublet

AU - Dulucq, F.

AU - Faucci Giannelli, M.

AU - Fleury, J.

AU - Li, H.

AU - Martin-Chassard, G.

AU - Richard, F.

AU - Ch De La Taille, De La Taille

AU - Pöschl, R.

AU - Raux, L.

AU - Seguin-Moreau, N.

AU - Wicek, F.

AU - Anduze, M.

AU - Boudry, V.

AU - Brient, J. C.

AU - Jeans, D.

AU - Mora De Freitas, P.

AU - Musat, G.

AU - Reinhard, M.

AU - Ruan, M.

AU - Videau, H.

AU - Bulanek, B.

AU - Zacek, J.

AU - Cvach, J.

AU - Gallus, P.

AU - Havranek, M.

AU - Janata, M.

AU - Kvasnicka, J.

AU - Lednicky, D.

AU - Marcisovsky, M.

AU - Polak, I.

AU - Popule, J.

AU - Tomasek, L.

AU - Tomasek, M.

AU - Ruzicka, P.

AU - Sicho, P.

AU - Smolik, J.

AU - Vrba, V.

AU - Zalesak, J.

AU - Belhorma, B.

AU - Ghazlane, H.

AU - Takeshita, T.

PY - 2012/4/1

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N2 - A prototype module for an International Linear Collider (ILC) detector was built, installed, and tested between 2006 and 2009 at CERN and Fermilab as part of the CALICE test beam program, in order to study the possibilities of extending energy sampling behind a hadronic calorimeter and to study the possibilities of providing muon tracking. The ''tail catcher/muon tracker'' (TCMT) is composed of 320 extruded scintillator strips (dimensions 1000 × 50 × 5 mm3) packaged in 16 one-meter square planes interleaved between steel plates. The scintillator strips were read out with wavelength shifting fibers and silicon photomultipliers. The planes were arranged with alternating horizontal and vertical strip orientations. Data were collected for muons and pions in the energy range 6 GeV to 80 GeV. Utilizing data taken in 2006, this paper describes the design and construction of the TCMT, performance characteristics, and a beam-based evaluation of the ability of the TCMT to improve hadronic energy resolution in a prototype ILC detector. For a typical configuration of an ILC detector with a coil situated outside a calorimeter system with a thickness of 5.5 nuclear interaction lengths, a TCMT would improve relative energy resolution by 6-16% for pions between 20 and 80 GeV.

AB - A prototype module for an International Linear Collider (ILC) detector was built, installed, and tested between 2006 and 2009 at CERN and Fermilab as part of the CALICE test beam program, in order to study the possibilities of extending energy sampling behind a hadronic calorimeter and to study the possibilities of providing muon tracking. The ''tail catcher/muon tracker'' (TCMT) is composed of 320 extruded scintillator strips (dimensions 1000 × 50 × 5 mm3) packaged in 16 one-meter square planes interleaved between steel plates. The scintillator strips were read out with wavelength shifting fibers and silicon photomultipliers. The planes were arranged with alternating horizontal and vertical strip orientations. Data were collected for muons and pions in the energy range 6 GeV to 80 GeV. Utilizing data taken in 2006, this paper describes the design and construction of the TCMT, performance characteristics, and a beam-based evaluation of the ability of the TCMT to improve hadronic energy resolution in a prototype ILC detector. For a typical configuration of an ILC detector with a coil situated outside a calorimeter system with a thickness of 5.5 nuclear interaction lengths, a TCMT would improve relative energy resolution by 6-16% for pions between 20 and 80 GeV.

KW - Calorimeters

KW - Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics

KW - Photon detectors for UV, visible and IR photons (solid-state)ARXIV EPRINT: 1201.1653

U2 - 10.1088/1748-0221/7/04/P04015

DO - 10.1088/1748-0221/7/04/P04015

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:84860599888

SN - 1748-0221

VL - 7

JO - Journal of Instrumentation

JF - Journal of Instrumentation

IS - 4

M1 - P04015

ER -

Construction and performance of a silicon photomultiplier/extruded scintillator tail-catcher and muon-tracker

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