Performance of silicon photomultiplers with the CMS HCAL front-end electronics

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

Volumn 576, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 341-349

  Heering, A ^a   Rohlf, J ^a   Freeman, J ^b   Los, S ^b   Kuleshov, S ^c   Musienko, Y ^d  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^d NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

APD; HPD; MRS; Photodetector; Silicon PM; SiPM

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETERS; LUMINANCE; PHOTODETECTORS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SILICON;

COMPACT MUON SOLENOID HADRON CALORIMETER; FRONT END ELECTRONICS; NOISE FLUCTUATIONS; SILICON PHOTOMULTIPLERS;

PHOTOMULTIPLIERS;

EID: 34248595475     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2006.11.049     Document Type: Article

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