Frontiers in Physics (May 2023)
SiPM cross-talk in liquid argon detectors
- M. G. Boulay,
- M. G. Boulay,
- V. Camillo,
- N. Canci,
- S. Choudhary,
- L. Consiglio,
- A. Flammini,
- C. Galbiati,
- C. Galbiati,
- C. Ghiano,
- A. Gola,
- A. Gola,
- S. Horikawa,
- P. Kachru,
- I. Kochanek,
- K. Kondo,
- G. Korga,
- M. Kuźniak,
- A. Mazzi,
- A. Mazzi,
- A. Moharana,
- G. Nieradka,
- G. Paternoster,
- G. Paternoster,
- A. Razeto,
- D. Sablone,
- T. N. Thorpe,
- T. N. Thorpe,
- C. Türkoğlu,
- H. Wang,
- M. Rescigno,
- S. Sanfilippo
Affiliations
- M. G. Boulay
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, L’Aquila, Italy
- M. G. Boulay
- Department of Physics, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada
- V. Camillo
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, L’Aquila, Italy
- N. Canci
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, L’Aquila, Italy
- S. Choudhary
- AstroCeNT, Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
- L. Consiglio
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, L’Aquila, Italy
- A. Flammini
- INFN Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- C. Galbiati
- Gran Sasso Science Institute, L’Aquila, Italy
- C. Galbiati
- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States
- C. Ghiano
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, L’Aquila, Italy
- A. Gola
- Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Povo, Italy
- A. Gola
- Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Applications, Povo, Italy
- S. Horikawa
- Gran Sasso Science Institute, L’Aquila, Italy
- P. Kachru
- Gran Sasso Science Institute, L’Aquila, Italy
- I. Kochanek
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, L’Aquila, Italy
- K. Kondo
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, L’Aquila, Italy
- G. Korga
- Department of Physics, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, United Kingdom
- M. Kuźniak
- AstroCeNT, Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
- A. Mazzi
- Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Povo, Italy
- A. Mazzi
- Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Applications, Povo, Italy
- A. Moharana
- Gran Sasso Science Institute, L’Aquila, Italy
- G. Nieradka
- AstroCeNT, Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
- G. Paternoster
- Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Povo, Italy
- G. Paternoster
- Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Applications, Povo, Italy
- A. Razeto
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, L’Aquila, Italy
- D. Sablone
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, L’Aquila, Italy
- T. N. Thorpe
- Gran Sasso Science Institute, L’Aquila, Italy
- T. N. Thorpe
- 0Physics and Astronomy Department, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
- C. Türkoğlu
- AstroCeNT, Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
- H. Wang
- 0Physics and Astronomy Department, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
- M. Rescigno
- 1INFN Sezione di Roma, Roma, Italy
- S. Sanfilippo
- 2INFN Roma Tre, Roma, Italy
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fphy.2023.1181400
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11
Abstract
SiPM-based readouts are becoming the standard for light detection in particle detectors given their superior resolution and ease of use with respect to vacuum tube photo-multipliers. However, the contributions of noise detection such as the dark rate, cross-talk, and after-pulsing (AP) may significantly impact their performance. In this work, we present the development of highly reflective single-phase argon chambers capable of displaying light yields up to 32 photo-electrons per keV, with approximately 12 being primary photo-electrons generated by the argon scintillation, while the rest are accounted by optical cross-talk. Furthermore, the presence of compound processes results in a generalized Fano factor larger than 2 already at an over-voltage of 5 V. Finally, we present a parametrization of the optical cross-talk for the FBK NUV-HD-Cryo SiPMs at 87 K that can be extended to future detectors with tailored optical simulations.
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