We studied the light collection in plastic scintillator strips, optimized for the detection of Minimum Ionizing Particles (MIPs). The light is collected by Wave Length Shifter (WLS) fibers and detected by Silicon Photo Multipliers (SiPMs). The study is based on prototypes developed for the muon detector of SuperB experiment. In parallel to measurement made on various type of geometries, a complete simulation suite, based on FLUKA, was developed. The simulation parameters were tuned by comparison with real data. In this way, we were able to study the effects of geometries and assembling procedures on light collection and provide a useful simulation tool for the design of future prototypes.
Test and simulation of plastic scintillator strips readout by silicon photomultipliers / G Balbi;M Boldini;V Cafaro;F Fabbri;V Giordano;A Montanari;T Rovelli;G Torromeo;N Tosi. - In: JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION. - ISSN 1748-0221. - ELETTRONICO. - 9:(2014), pp. 1-15. [10.1088/1748-0221/9/04/T04004]
Test and simulation of plastic scintillator strips readout by silicon photomultipliers
ROVELLI, TIZIANO;TOSI, NICOLÒ
2014
Abstract
We studied the light collection in plastic scintillator strips, optimized for the detection of Minimum Ionizing Particles (MIPs). The light is collected by Wave Length Shifter (WLS) fibers and detected by Silicon Photo Multipliers (SiPMs). The study is based on prototypes developed for the muon detector of SuperB experiment. In parallel to measurement made on various type of geometries, a complete simulation suite, based on FLUKA, was developed. The simulation parameters were tuned by comparison with real data. In this way, we were able to study the effects of geometries and assembling procedures on light collection and provide a useful simulation tool for the design of future prototypes.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
