Choice and characterization of photomultipliers for the new ATLAS LUCID detector

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Authors

G. L. Alberghi · Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bologna

M. Bruschi · Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bologna

D. Caforio · Czech Technical University in Prague

N. Dehghanian · University of Alberta

A. Floderus · Lund University

B. Giacobbe · Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bologna

F. Giannuzzi

Abstract

The luminosity monitor LUCID (LUminosity Cherenkov Integrating Detector) employed in the ATLAS experiment at the LHC had to be upgraded for the second run of LHC (Run 2) that started in spring 2015. The increased energy of the proton beams and the higher luminosity implied that the Photomultipliers of the original LUCID detector had to be replaced for Run 2 to cope with the more demanding conditions. This paper deals with choice and characterisation of the Photomultipliers used for the new version of LUCID.

Topics & Keywords

Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Particle Detector Development and Performance Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Affordable and clean energy

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Instrumentation

Volume 11, Issue 05, pp. P05014-P05014

DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/11/05/p05014

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