Scoping study for a future accelerator neutrino complex
The discussion meeting on 6-7 May 2005 at Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, focused on R&D for megaton-scale detectors essential for neutrino experiments. Various photodetectors were explored, including water Cherenkov, liquid Argon TPC, and liquid scintillators. The meeting addressed key aspects of detector design, including vacuum photo-tubes, gaseous photo-tubes, and advancements in photocathodes. Collaboration with companies and labs like Hamamatsu and CERN was highlighted, with the aim of optimizing detection capabilities and achieving ambitious project objectives for the future neutrino complex.
Scoping study for a future accelerator neutrino complex
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Scoping study for a future accelerator neutrino complex Blackett Laboratory - Imperial College - London Discussion meeting 6-7 May 2005 Photo-detectors R&D for Megaton-scale Detectors L. Mosca CEA-Saclay
Envisaged Megaton-scale detectors: Water Cherenkov LiAr TPC Liquid scintillators …………
Tunnel actuel Futur Tunnel de Service Laboratoire actuel • Futur Laboratoire
Photo-detectors R&D for Megaton-scale Detectors (Water Cherenkov, LiAr TPC, Liquid scintillator, …) A) Vacuum photo-tubes : - “standard” (with dynodes) PMTs - “hybrid” (with PIN or APD diodes) HPD - “wall-papers” (Ferenc) B) Gaseous photo-tubes, “wall-papers” shaped : - with CsI photo-cathode (ultra-violet region) - with bi-alcali photo-cathode (visible region)
Bulb shape photodetectors Photocathode Photocathode Photocathode Photocathode Scint PIN APD PMT Electronics Electronics PMT HPMT HPD HAPD Very good SER and TTS (depend of FEE) HV (negative) 10 kV or more Very good SER TTS ? (depend of FEE) HV (negative) 15 to 30 kV Medium SER and TTS (depend of size) HV 2 or 3 kV Good SER and TTS (depend of scint) HV 20 to 30 kV Joël Pouthas IPN Orsay
PMT HPMT HPD HAPD Photocathode Photocathode Photocathode Photocathode Scint PIN APD PMT Bulb shape photodetectors Companies ETL PHOTONIS + Labs (Characterization) R&D HPD CERN R&D PHOTONIS DEP R&D Hamamatsu and Tokyo Univ. Quasar (Russia) R&D VLVvT R&D PHOTONIS (+ IPNO) Joël Pouthas IPN Orsay
“WALL PAPERS” (FLAT PANELS) with VACUUM Detectors (Ferenc)
“WALL PAPERS” (FLAT PANELS) with GASEOUS Detectors (MICROMEGAS)
Drift electrode Conversion/drift (1kV/cm) (3mm) Amplification (40 kV/cm) micromesh (100 m) strips insulator
MICROMEGAS PHOTODETECTOR • Photon feed back suppressed • Negligible Ionization • Excellent single electron response
Other people/laboratories also potentially interested in this development : Fanourakis gfan@mail.demokritos.gr Busto busto@cppm.in2p3.fr Alexander S.Murphy amurphy@ph.ed.ac.uk Smith.N n.j.t.smith@rl.ac.uk Spooner n.spooner@sheffield.ac. uk Vavra <jjv@slac.stanford.edu>
Conclusion/Outlook To go from a I3-Neutrino scheme to a Design Study proposal, we need to be more ambitious and try to fulfil all the “objectives”, including the detection in the visible range and the optimisation of the prototypes in view of a very massive production.