The calibration and monitoring system for the PHENIX lead-scintillator electromagnetic calorimeter

Author

David, G. ; Kistenev, E. ; Stoll, S. ; White, S. ; Woody, C. ; Bazilevsky, A. ; Belikov, S. ; Chernichenkov, S. ; Denisov, A. ; Gilitzky, Yu ; Kochetkov, V. ; Melnikov, Y. ; Onuchin, V. ; Semenov, A. ; Helikhov, V.S. ; Soldatov, A.

Author_Institution

Brookhaven Nat. Lab., Upton, NY, USA

Volume

45

Issue

3

fYear

1998

fDate

6/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

705

Lastpage

709

Abstract

The calibration and monitoring system for the PHENIX lead-scintillator electromagnetic calorimeter is described along with the experience obtained in using this system to calibrate calorimeter modules with cosmic rays. The system is based on a UV laser which delivers light to each module through a series of optical fibers and splitters that is monitored at various points using silicon and vacuum photodiodes. Results are given from a prototype system based on a nitrogen laser which was used to monitor the stability of several modules, as well as to set the gains of the phototubes and establish the energy calibration of all calorimeter modules before installation into the final detector. A description of the final system to be used in PHENIX, based on a high power YAG laser, is also given

Keywords

calibration; calorimetry; energy loss of particles; solid scintillation detectors; PHENIX Pb-scintillator electromagnetic calorimeter; Pb; calibration; high power YAG laser; monitoring system; Calibration; Cosmic rays; Fiber lasers; Laser stability; Monitoring; Optical fibers; Photodiodes; Prototypes; Silicon; Vacuum systems;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.682619

Filename

682619