A readout for electroluminescence TPCs based on avalanche photodiodes

Author

Lux, T. ; Ballester, O. ; Illa, J. ; Jover Manas, G. ; Lostao, A. ; Martin-Mari, C. ; Sanchez, F. ; Rico, J. ; Santorelli, R.

Author_Institution

Inst. de Fis. d´Altes Energies (IFAE), Univ. Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

fYear

2012

fDate

Oct. 27 2012-Nov. 3 2012

Firstpage

2059

Lastpage

2064

Abstract

Electroluminescence (EL) detectors show an excellence performance in respect of energy resolution making them interesting for various applications as dark matter (DM) and double beta (DB) experiments, Compton and ´Y cameras and Xray fluorescence detectors. While the energy resolution of EL detectors is well studied, the knowledge about their tracking capabilities on larger scale is limited. In this paper the first results of a EL readout based on 25 avalanche photodiode (APD) is presented using a small high pressure time projection chamber (TPC) filled with xenon.

Keywords

X-ray fluorescence analysis; avalanche photodiodes; electroluminescence; readout electronics; time projection chambers; Compton cameras; EL detectors; X-ray fluorescence detector; avalanche photodiodes; dark matter experiment; double beta experiment; electroluminescence TPC readout; energy resolution; gamma cameras; time projection chamber; tracking capability; avalanche photodiode; electroluminescence detector; energy resolution; scintillation; time projection chamber; tracking; xenon;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2012 IEEE

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA

ISSN

1082-3654

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2028-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2012.6551475

Filename

6551475