Characterization of 1600 Hamamatsu 16-anode photomultipliers for the MINOS Far detector

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

Volumn 545, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 852-871

  Lang, K ^a   Day, J ^a   Eilerts, S ^a   Fuqua, S ^a   Guillen, A ^a   Kordosky, M ^a   Lang, M ^a   Liu, J ^a   Opaska, W ^a   Proga, M ^a   Vahle, P ^a   Winbow, A ^a   Drake, G ^b   Thomas, J ^c   Andreopoulos, C ^d   Saoulidou, N ^d   Stamoulis, P ^d   Tzanakos, G ^d   Zois, M ^d   Weber, A ^e   Michael, D ^f   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber readout; Multi anode photomultipliers; Neutrino mass; Neutrino oscillations; Photomultipliers; Scintillator readout

Indexed keywords

ANODES; ATTENUATION; IONIZATION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; LIGHTING; OPTICAL FIBERS; OSCILLATIONS; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PHOSPHORS; PHOTOTUBES;

FIBER READOUT; MULTI-ANODE PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; NEUTRINO MASS; NEUTRINO OSCILLATIONS; SCINTILLATOR READOUT;

PHOTOMULTIPLIERS;

EID: 19944377764     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2005.02.041     Document Type: Article

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