Detection of the VUV liquid argon scintillation light by means of glass-window photomultiplier tubes

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

Volumn 505, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 89-92

  Benetti, P ^a   Montanari, C ^a   Raselli, G L ^a   Rossella, M ^a   Vignoli, C ^a  

^a INFN SEZIONE DI PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Liquid argon detectors; Photomultipliers; Scintillation light

Indexed keywords

ARGON; CRYOGENIC LIQUIDS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHOTOEMISSION; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SCINTILLATION; ULTRAVIOLET DETECTORS;

WAVELENGTH SHIFTER COATINGS;

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION;

EID: 0037680248     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(03)01027-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (6)

1. For a complete set of references and documents about the LAr TPC functioning and the ICARUS project see the following web pages: http://www.aquila.infn.it/icarus/ http://www.cern.ch/icarus/.
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4. G.L. Raselli, M. Rossella, C. Vignoli, A. Votano, LAr scintillation light detection in the ICARUS T600 apparatus, INFN Report FNT/AE-2001/12, 2001.
5. ICARUS Collaboration, private communication.
6. ICARUS Collaboration, A second-generation proton decay experiment and neutrino observatory at the Gran Sasso laboratory, LNGS-EXP 13/89 addendum 2/01, 2001.