Brightness and uniformity measurements of plastic scintillator tiles at the CERN H2 test beam

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Abstract

We study the light output, light collection efficiency and signal timing of a variety of organic scintillators that are being considered for the upgrade of the hadronic calorimeter of the CMS detector. The experimental data are collected at the H2 test-beam area at CERN, using a 150 GeV muon beam. In particular, we investigate the usage of over-doped and green-emitting plastic scintillators, two solutions that have not been extensively considered. We present a study of the energy distribution in plastic-scintillator tiles, the hit efficiency as a function of the hit position, and a study of the signal timing for blue and green scintillators.

Original languageEnglish
Article numberP01002
JournalJournal of Instrumentation
Volume13
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018 Jan
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 CERN for the benefit of the CMS collaboration.

Keywords

  • Calorimeters
  • Radiation-hard detectors
  • Scintillators and scintillating fibres and light guides

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Mathematical Physics
  • Instrumentation

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