The liquid argon detector and measurement of SiPM array at liquid argon temperature

Guo, Cong; Guan, Mengyun; Sun, Xilei; Xiong, Weixing; Zhang, P.; Yang, Changgen; Wei, Yu-Ting; Gan, Youyu; Zhao, Qing

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2020.164488

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“…It allows to intermittently inject liquid nitrogen by controlling the switch of the electromagnetic valve, so as to control the temperature. The accuracy of the temperature control system is ±1 K and details can be found in reference [10]. An LED with a peak wavelength of 425 nm is placed in the top of the SST chamber to be used as a light source.…”

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Characterization of VUV4 SiPM for liquid argon detector

L.Wang¹,

Guan

Qin

et al. 2021

J. Inst.

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Silicon photomultiplier (SiPM), a new type of photosensor, is considered a substitute for traditional photomultiplier tube (PMT) in the next generation of dark matter and neutrino detectors, especially in noble gas detectors like liquid argon. However, the design of compact SiPM arrays and their cryogenic electronics that can work in liquid argon is barely developed. Thus, two candidate SiPM arrays from Hamamatsu and Onsemi were selected to verify the feasibility and effectiveness of the design. In this work, we successfully developed a cryogenic electronics read-out system that connects and works with 1-inch 4×4 SiPM arrays at 87 K. The power dissipation of amplifiers is less than 10 µW/mm 2 . Furthermore, multiply significant characteristics of both types of SiPM arrays were measured at liquid argon temperature, such as dark count rate (DCR), breakdown voltage (V bd ), single photoelectron (SPE) performance, signal to noise ratio (SNR) and correlated signal probability.

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“…LMH6629 is one of a series of transimpedance amplifiers of Texas Instruments, with a high speed and ultra-low noise [11,12]. Our previous work has proved its stability at liquid argon temperature [8,13]. The circuit schematic diagram is shown in Fig.…”

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Characterization of VUV4 SiPM for liquid argon detector

L.Wang¹,

Guan

Qin

et al. 2021

J. Inst.

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“…It controls the injection of liquid nitrogen by adjusting the switch of the electromagnetic valve, so as to control the temperature of the system. The accuracy of the temperature control system is within ±1 K and the detail can be found in Ref [9]. An LED with a peaked wavelength of 425 nm is placed in the top of the SST chamber to be used as a light source.…”

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Characterization of VUV4 SiPM for Liquid Argon Detector

Wang,

Guan,

Qin

et al. 2021

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Particle detectors based on liquid argon have recently become recognised as an extremely attractive technology for the direct detection of dark matter and the measurement of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering. A program using a dual-phase liquid argon detector with a fiducial mass of 200 kg to detect coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering at Taishan Nuclear Power Plant has been proposed. SiPM will be used in this detector as the photon sensor because of its high radio-purity and high photon detection efficiency. S13370-6050CN SiPM, made by Hamamatsu, is expected to be functional well in liquid argon thus is a good choice for the detector. In this paper, the characterisation of S13370-6050CN SiPM, including the cross talk and after pulse probabilities at liquid argon temperature, was studied. Besides, the temperature dependence of break down voltage, dark count rate and relative quantum efficiency were presented as well.

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“…Scintillation light from noble liquids (converted by appropriate wavelength-shifting material in the case of argon) can be detected by photosensors operating at low temperature. Silicon photosensors, such as Silicon PhotoMultipliers (SiPMs), are well suited to this purpose [4][5][6][7][8][9][10].…”

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A large facility for photosensors test at cryogenic temperature

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Current generation of detectors using noble gases in liquid phase for direct dark matter search and neutrino physics need large area photosensors. Silicon based photo-detectors are innovative light collecting devices and represent a successful technology in these research fields. The DarkSide collaboration started a dedicated development and customization of SiPM technology for its specific needs resulting in the design, production and assembly of large surface modules of 20 × 20 cm2 named Photo Detection Unit for the DarkSide-20k experiment. Production of a large number of such devices, as needed to cover about 20 m2 of active surface inside the DarkSide-20k detector, requires a robust testing and validation process. In order to match this requirement a dedicated test facility for photosensors was designed and commissioned at INFN-Naples laboratory. The first commissioning test was successfully performed in 2021. Since then a number of testing campaigns were performed. Detailed description of the facility is reported as well as results of some tests.

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The liquid argon detector and measurement of SiPM array at liquid argon temperature

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Characterization of VUV4 SiPM for liquid argon detector

Characterization of VUV4 SiPM for liquid argon detector

Characterization of VUV4 SiPM for Liquid Argon Detector

A large facility for photosensors test at cryogenic temperature

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