An experimental and Monte Carlo investigation of the R1408 Hamamatsu 8-inch photomultiplier tube and associated concentrator to be used in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 383, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 495-505

  Lay, M D ^a   Lyon, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERENKOV COUNTERS; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTOCATHODES; PHOTONS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

ANGULAR RESPONSE; CHERENKOV LIGHT; WAVELENGTH RESPONSE;

PHOTOMULTIPLIERS;

EID: 0030408832     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(96)00861-3     Document Type: Article

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