TY - GEN
T1 - Collection of photoelectrons from a CsI photocathode in triple GEM detectors
AU - Woody, C.
AU - Azmoun, B.
AU - Caccavano, A.
AU - Citron, Z.
AU - Durham, M.
AU - Hemmick, T.
AU - Kamin, J.
AU - Rumore, M.
PY - 2008/12/1
Y1 - 2008/12/1
N2 - A study has been made of the parameters affecting the extraction and collection of photoelectrons from the surface of a CsI photocathode in a triple GEM detector. The purpose of this study was to optimize the photoelectron collection efficiency and GEM operating conditions for the PHENIX Hadron Blind Detector (HBD) at RHIC. The parameters investigated include the electric field at the surface of the photocathode, the voltage across the GEM, the electric field below the GEM, the medium into which the photoelectrons are extracted (gas or vacuum), and thewavelength dependence of the extraction efficiency. A small, calibrated light source, or "scintillation cube", was used to measure the photoelectron yield from the CsI photocathode using 241Am particles to produce scintillation light in CF 4 and an 55Fe source to measure the GEM gas gain. The absolute scintillation light yield (photonslMeV) in CF gas was also determined using a CsI photocathode GEM detector. Results are presented on the study of the parameters affecting the photoelectron collection efficiency, the construction and calibration of the scintillation cube, and the measurement of the absolute scintillation light yield inCF 4.
AB - A study has been made of the parameters affecting the extraction and collection of photoelectrons from the surface of a CsI photocathode in a triple GEM detector. The purpose of this study was to optimize the photoelectron collection efficiency and GEM operating conditions for the PHENIX Hadron Blind Detector (HBD) at RHIC. The parameters investigated include the electric field at the surface of the photocathode, the voltage across the GEM, the electric field below the GEM, the medium into which the photoelectrons are extracted (gas or vacuum), and thewavelength dependence of the extraction efficiency. A small, calibrated light source, or "scintillation cube", was used to measure the photoelectron yield from the CsI photocathode using 241Am particles to produce scintillation light in CF 4 and an 55Fe source to measure the GEM gas gain. The absolute scintillation light yield (photonslMeV) in CF gas was also determined using a CsI photocathode GEM detector. Results are presented on the study of the parameters affecting the photoelectron collection efficiency, the construction and calibration of the scintillation cube, and the measurement of the absolute scintillation light yield inCF 4.
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U2 - 10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4774660
DO - 10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4774660
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:67649228001
SN - 9781424427154
T3 - IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
SP - 1316
EP - 1319
BT - 2008 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, NSS/MIC 2008
T2 - 2008 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, NSS/MIC 2008
Y2 - 19 October 2008 through 25 October 2008
ER -