Qualification tests of the R11410-21 photomultiplier tubes for the XENON1T detector

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Barrow, P ^a   Baudis, L ^a   Cichon, D ^b   Danisch, M ^b   Franco, D ^a   Kaether, F ^b   Kish, A ^a   Lindner, M ^b   Undagoitia, T Marrodán ^b   Mayani, D ^a   Rauch, L ^b   Wei, Y ^a   Wulf, J ^a  

^a PHYSIK INSTITUT DER UNIVERSITÄT ZÜRICH   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Photon detectors for UV, visible and IR photons (vacuum); Photon detectors for UV, visible and IR photons (vacuum) (photomultipliers, HPDs, others)

Indexed keywords

PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PHOTONS; RADIOACTIVITY;

CRYOGENIC TEMPERATURES; DARK MATTER DETECTORS; HIGH QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; PARAMETER DISTRIBUTIONS; PHOTO MULTIPLIER TUBE; PHOTON DETECTOR; SINGLE PHOTON DETECTION; TIME PROJECTION CHAMBERS;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 85012049390     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/12/01/P01024     Document Type: Article

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