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Characterisation of the Hamamatsu photomultipliers for the KM3NeT Neutrino Telescope

  • S. Aiello
  • , S. E. Akrame
  • , F. Ameli
  • , E. G. Anassontzis
  • , M. Andre
  • , G. Androulakis
  • , M. Anghinolfi
  • , G. Anton
  • , M. Ardid
  • , J. Aublin
  • , T. Avgitas
  • , M. Baars
  • , C. Bagatelas
  • , G. Barbarino
  • , B. Baret
  • , J. Barrios-Martí
  • , A. Belias
  • , E. Berbee
  • , A. Van Den Berg
  • , V. Bertin
  • S. Biagi, A. Biagioni, C. Biernoth, R. Bormuth, J. Boumaaza, S. Bourret, M. Bouwhuis, C. Bozza, H. Branzaş, N. Briukhanova, R. Bruijn, J. Brunner, E. Buis, R. Buompane, J. Busto, D. Calvo, A. Capone, L. Caramete, S. Celli, M. Chabab, S. Cherubini, V. Chiarella, T. Chiarusi, M. Circella, R. Cocimano, J. A.B. Coelho, A. Coleiro, M. Colomer Molla, R. Coniglione, P. Coyle, A. Creusot, G. Cuttone, A. D'Onofrio, R. Dallier, C. De Sio, I. Di Palma, A. F. Díaz, C. Distefano, A. Domi, R. Donà, C. Donzaud, D. Dornic, M. Dörr, M. Durocher, T. Eberl, D. Van Eijk, I. El Bojaddaini, D. Elsaesser, A. Enzenhöfer, G. Ferrara, L. A. Fusco, T. Gal, F. Garufi, S. Gauchery, S. Geißelsöder, L. Gialanella, E. Giorgio, A. Giuliante, S. R. Gozzini, R. Gracia Ruiz, K. Graf, D. Grasso, T. Grégoire, G. Grella, S. Hallmann, H. Van Haren, T. Heid, A. Heijboer, A. Hekalo, J. J. Hernández-Rey, J. Hofestädt, G. Illuminati, C. W. James, M. Jongen, B. Jongewaard, M. De Jong, P. De Jong, M. Kadler, P. Kalaczyński, O. Kalekin, U. F. Katz, N. R.Khan Chowdhury, G. Kieft, D. Kießling, E. N. Koffeman, P. Kooijman, A. Kouchner, M. Kreter, V. Kulikovskiy, R. Lahmann, R. Le Breton, F. Leone, E. Leonora, G. Levi, M. Lincetto, A. Lonardo, F. Longhitano, M. Lotze, S. Loucatos, G. Maggi, J. Mańczak, K. Mannheim, A. Margiotta, A. Marinelli, C. Markou, L. Martin, J. A. Martínez-Mora, A. Martini, F. Marzaioli, R. Mele, K. W. Melis, P. Migliozzi, E. Migneco, P. Mijakowski, L. S. Miranda, C. M. Mollo, M. Morganti, M. Moser, A. Moussa, R. Muller, M. Musumeci, L. Nauta, S. Navas, C. A. Nicolau, C. Nielsen, M. Organokov, A. Orlando, V. Panagopoulos, G. Papalashvili, R. Papaleo, G. E. Pǎvǎlaş, G. Pellegrini, C. Pellegrino, J. Pérez Romero, M. Perrin-Terrin, P. Piattelli, K. Pikounis, O. Pisanti, C. Poirè, G. Polydefki, G. E. Poma, V. Popa, M. Post, T. Pradier, G. Pühlhofer, S. Pulvirenti, L. Quinn, F. Raffaelli, N. Randazzo, S. Razzaque, D. Real, L. Resvanis, J. Reubelt, G. Riccobene, M. Richer, A. Rovelli, I. Salvadori, D. F.E. Samtleben, A. Sánchez Losa, M. Sanguineti, A. Santangelo, P. Sapienza, B. Schermer, V. Sciacca, J. Seneca, I. Sgura, R. Shanidze, A. Sharma, F. Simeone, A. Sinopoulou, B. Spisso, M. Spurio, D. Stavropoulos, J. Steijger, S. M. Stellacci, B. Strandberg, D. Stransky, T. Stüven, M. Taiuti, F. Tatone, Y. Tayalati, E. Tenllado, T. Thakore, P. Timmer, A. Trovato, S. Tsagkli, E. Tzamariudaki, D. Tzanetatos, C. Valieri, B. Vallage, V. Van Elewyck, F. Versari, S. Viola, D. Vivolo, M. Volkert, L. De Waardt, J. Wilms, E. De Wolf, D. Zaborov, J. D. Zornoza, J. Zuniga
  • National Institute for Nuclear Physics
  • Cadi Ayyad University
  • National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
  • Polytechnic University of Catalonia
  • Demokritos National Centre for Scientific Research
  • Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg
  • Polytechnic University of Valencia
  • Université Paris Cité
  • National Institute for Subatomic Physics
  • University of Naples Federico II
  • University of Valencia
  • University of Groningen
  • Aix-Marseille Université
  • Leiden University
  • Mohammed V University in Rabat
  • University of Salerno
  • Institute for Space Sciences
  • Lomonosov Moscow State University
  • University of Amsterdam
  • Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research
  • University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli
  • University of Rome La Sapienza
  • Gran Sasso Science Institute
  • University of Catania
  • IN2P3 - Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique Des Particules
  • University of Granada
  • University of Genoa
  • University of Bologna
  • University of Würzburg
  • Mohamed I University
  • University of Pisa
  • Université de Strasbourg
  • Utrecht University
  • National Centre for Nuclear Research
  • Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives
  • University of Johannesburg
  • Accademia Navale di Livorno
  • Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
  • University of Tübingen

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Abstract

The Hamamatsu R12199-02 3-inch photomultiplier tube is the photodetector chosen for the first phase of the KM3NeT neutrino telescope. About 7000 photomultipliers have been characterised for dark count rate, timing spread and spurious pulses. The quantum efficiency, the gain and the peak-to-valley ratio have also been measured for a sub-sample in order to determine parameter values needed as input to numerical simulations of the detector.

Original languageEnglish
Article numberP05035
JournalJournal of Instrumentation
Volume13
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 31 May 2018

Keywords

  • Cherenkov detectors
  • Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics
  • Neutrino detectors
  • Photon detectors for UV, visible and IR photons (vacuum)

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Mathematical Physics
  • Instrumentation

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