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Published July 11, 2016 | public
Journal Article

Precision timing calorimeter for high energy physics

Abstract

Scintillator based calorimeter technology is studied with the aim to achieve particle detection with a time resolution on the order of a few 10 ps for photons and electrons at energies of a few GeV and above. We present results from a prototype of a 1.4×1.4×11.4 cm^3 sampling calorimeter cell consisting of tungsten absorber plates and Cerium-doped Lutetium Yttrium Orthosilicate (LYSO) crystal scintillator plates. The LYSO plates are read out with wave lengths shifting fibers which are optically coupled to fast photo detectors on both ends of the fibers. The measurements with electrons were performed at the Fermilab Test Beam Facility (FTBF) and the CERN SPS H2 test beam. In addition to the baseline setup plastic scintillation counter and a MCP-PMT were used as trigger and as a reference for a time of flight measurement (TOF). We also present measurements with a fast laser to further characterize the response of the prototype and the photo sensors. All data were recorded using a DRS4 fast sampling digitizer. These measurements are part of an R&D program whose aim is to demonstrate the feasibility of building a large scale electromagnetic calorimeter with a time resolution on the order of 10 ps, to be used in high energy physics experiments.

Additional Information

© 2015 Elsevier B.V. Published by Elsevier B.V. Available online 2 December 2015. We would like to thank Erik Ramberg, Sergey Los and Aria Soha for their help and support and the FNAL and CERN TBF for the beam delivery and control. We thank Randy Ruchti for providing us with DSB fibers and Eileen Hahn for polishing the fibers. We would also like to thank Ewa Skup, Geoff Savage and Todd Nobel for help with the beam instrumentation, organizing and providing the supporting equipment at FTBF as well as David Bailleux and Tatiana Medvedeva for help at CERN. This work is supported by funding from Fermi Research Alliance, LLC under Contract no. DE-AC02-07CH11359 with the United States Department of Energy and from California Institute of Technology High Energy Physics under Contract DE-SC0011925 with the United States Department of Energy.

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