Fegan, S. et al. (2015) Assessing the performance under ionising radiation of lead tungstate scintillators for EM calorimetry in the CLAS12 Forward Tagger. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment, 789, pp. 101-108. (doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2015.03.073)
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Abstract
The well-established technology of electromagnetic calorimetry using Lead Tungstate crystals has recently seen an upheaval, with the closure of one of the most experienced large-scale suppliers of such crystals, the Bogoroditsk Technical Chemical Plant (BTCP), which was instrumental in the development of mass production procedures for PWO-II, the current benchmark for this scintillator. Obtaining alternative supplies of Lead Tungstate crystals matching the demanding specifications of contemporary calorimeter devices now presents a significant challenge to detector research and development programmes. In this paper we describe a programme of assessment carried out for the selection, based upon the performance under irradiation, of Lead Tungstate crystals for use in the Forward Tagger device, part of the CLAS12 detector in Hall B at Jefferson Lab. The crystals tested were acquired from SICCAS, the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The tests performed are intended to maximise the performance of the detector within the practicalities of the crystal manufacturing process. Results of light transmission, before and after gamma ray irradiation, are presented and used to calculate dk, the induced radiation absorption coefficient, at 420 nm, the peak of the Lead Tungstate emission spectrum. Results for the SICCAS crystals are compared with identical measurements carried out on Bogoroditsk samples, which were acquired for the Forward Tagger development program before the closure of the facility. Also presented are a series of tests performed to determine the feasibility of recovering radiation damage to the crystals using illumination from an LED, with such illumination available in the Forward Tagger from a light monitoring system integral to the detector.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Sokhan, Dr Daria and Fegan, Mr Stuart |
| Authors: | Fegan, S., Auffray, E., Battaglieri, M., Buchanan, E., Caiffi, B., Celentano, A., Colaneri, L., D׳Angelo, A., De Vita, R., Dormenev, V., Fanchini, E., Lanza, L., Novotny, R.W., Parodi, F., Rizzo, A., Sokhan, D., Tarasov, I., and Zonta, I. |
| College/School: | College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy |
| Journal Name: | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 0168-9002 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1872-9576 |
| Published Online: | 08 April 2015 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2015 CERN for the Authors |
| First Published: | First published in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 789:101-108 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a creative commons license |
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