• Title of article

    APD performance in a luminosity monitor at LEP

  • Author/Authors

    Bartolomé، نويسنده , , E and Boix، نويسنده , , G and Casado، نويسنده , , M.P. and Chmeissani، نويسنده , , M and Clemente، نويسنده , , S and Fern?ndez، نويسنده , , E and Garrido، نويسنده , , L and Lorenz، نويسنده , , E and Mart??nez، نويسنده , , M and Merino، نويسنده , , G and Riu، نويسنده , , I and S?nchez، نويسنده , , F and Wright، نويسنده , , A، نويسنده ,

  • Pages
    5
  • From page
    198
  • To page
    202
  • Abstract
    Avalanche Photo-Diodes (APDs) are being used as optical readout elements in a sampling electromagnetic calorimeter made of alternate layers of tungsten and plastic scintillators. The calorimeter serves as a small-angle luminosity monitor in the stray magnetic field of the ALEPH detector at LEP (CERN). Its scintillators are coupled both to APDs and conventional PMTs simultaneously via wavelength shifter fibres. In this paper we present results on the overall performance of the APDs, including gain and stability versus time and energy, based on the direct comparison of the two photosensitive devices.
  • Keywords
    APD , Em-calorimeter , aleph , PMT
  • Journal title
    Astroparticle Physics
  • Record number

    2011476