Relatore
Daniele Vivolo
(NA)
Descrizione
VSiPMT (Vacuum Silicon PhotoMultiplier Tube) is an innovative hybrid photon detector combining the performances and the potential of SiPM technology with a hemispherical glass PMT standard envelope. Our purpose is to combine the key features of a SiPM (high quantum efficiency, low operation voltages, insensitivity to magnetic fields and robustness) with the large sensitive area of a photocathode. In such a device, the SiPM replaces the standard dynode chain of a PMT, thus acting as an electron multiplier. In order to get a proof of the feasibility of the VSiPMT, we tested the performances of a special non-windowed Hamamatsu MPPC with an electron source. In this work we provide a detailed description of the experimental setup and of our measurements.
Autore principale
Daniele Vivolo
(NA)
Coautore
Carlos Maximiliano Mollo
(INFN)
Felicia Carla Tiziana Barbato
(INFN)
Giancarlo Barbarino
(NA)
Gianfranca De Rosa
(NA)
Pasquale Migliozzi
(NA)
Riccardo De Asmundis
(NA)