Conveners
W1-7 Detectors for Particle Physics (DAPI/PPD) | Détecteurs pour la physique des particules (DPAI/PPD)
- Kirk Michaelian (Natural Resources Canada)
Abstract: We are using multi-PMTs (mPMTs) as the photosensors for NuPRISM/E61, the proposed intermediate water Cherenkov detector for the Hyper-Kamiodande experiment. The Canadian mPMT design has nineteen 3" PMTs enclosed in a water-tight pressure vessel, along with the associated electronics. The 3" PMTs provide excellent spatial imaging of the neutrino-induced Cherenkov light ring. This...
Conventional analog SiPMs are increasingly used in medical imaging such as positron emission tomography (PET) and are good candidates for particle physics detectors such as nEXO and DarkSide. A new generation of photon counting device called 3D digital SiPM (3DdSiPM) addresses the main limitations of conventional SiPM and offers even more flexibility and signal processing capability. The...
SuperCDMS (Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search) is an experiment for the direct detection of dark matter with great sensitivity to Compton scattering at low energies where electron binding and crystal structure affect Compton scattering spectra. We can take advantage of the SuperCDMS detector sensitivity to these low energies to look for plasmon production from Thomson scattering in silicon....
NEWS-G (New Experiments With Spheres-Gas) is a rare event search experiment using Spherical Proportional Counters (SPCs). Primarily designed for the direct detection of dark matter, this technology also has appealing features for Coherent Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering (CE$\nu$NS) studies using nuclear power plants as a neutrino source.
For both applications, an important property of the gas to...
The Light Only Liquid Xenon (LOLX) experiment aims to investigate both scintillation and Cherenkov light emission in liquid xenon using 24 Hamamatsu VUV4 Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPMs). Analog electronics are used to perform summing of 4 SiPM channels prior to signal amplification, with the goal of retaining single photon counting and sub nanosecond timing resolution. Additionally, LOLX aims...
