Characterization of large area APDs for the EXO-200 detector

Enriched Xenon Observatory (EXO)-200 uses 468 large area avalanche photodiodes (LAAPDs) for detection of scintillation light in an ultra-low-background liquid xenon (LXe) detector. We describe initial measurements of dark noise, gain and response to xenon scintillation light of LAAPDs at temperature...

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Published inNuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment Vol. 608; no. 1; pp. 68 - 75
Main Authors Neilson, R., LePort, F., Pocar, A., Kumar, K.S., Odian, A., Prescott, C.Y., Tenev, V., Ackerman, N., Akimov, D., Auger, M., Benitez-Medina, C., Breidenbach, M., Burenkov, A., Conley, R., Cook, S., deVoe, R., Dolinski, M.J., Fairbank Jr, W., Farine, J., Fierlinger, P., Flatt, B., Gornea, R., Gratta, G., Green, M., Hall, C., Hall, K., Hallman, D., Hargrove, C., Herrin, S., Hodgson, J., Kaufman, L.J., Kovalenko, A., Leonard, D.S., Mackay, D., Mong, B., Montero Diez, M., Niner, E., O’Sullivan, K., Piepke, A., Rowson, P.C., Sinclair, D., Skarpaas, K., Slutsky, S., Stekhanov, V., Strickland, V., Twelker, K., Vuilleumier, J.-L., Wamba, K., Wichoski, U., Wodin, J., Yang, L., Yen, Y.-R.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier B.V 01.09.2009
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Summary:Enriched Xenon Observatory (EXO)-200 uses 468 large area avalanche photodiodes (LAAPDs) for detection of scintillation light in an ultra-low-background liquid xenon (LXe) detector. We describe initial measurements of dark noise, gain and response to xenon scintillation light of LAAPDs at temperatures from room temperature to 169 K—the temperature of liquid xenon. We also describe the individual characterization of more than 800 LAAPDs for selective installation in the EXO-200 detector.
ISSN:0168-9002
1872-9576
DOI:10.1016/j.nima.2009.06.029