PICOSEC: Charged particle timing at sub-25 picosecond precision with a Micromegas based detector

Bortfeldt, J.; Brunbauer, F.; David, C.; Desforge, D.; Fanourakis, G.; Franchi, J.; Gallinaro, M.; Giomataris, I; Gonzalez-Diaz, D.; Gustavsson, T.; Guyot, C.; Iguaz, F.; Kebbiri, M.; Legou, P.; Liu, J.; Lupberger, M.; Maillard, O.; Manthos, I; Mueller, H.; Niaouris, V; Oliveri, E.; Papaevangelou, T.; Paraschou, K.; Pomorski, M.; Qi, B.; Resnati, F.; Ropelewski, L.; Sampsonidis, D.; Schneider, T.; Schwemling, P.; Sohl, L.; van Stenis, M.; Thuiner, P.; Tsipolitis, Y.; Tzamarias, S.; Veenhof, R.; Wang, X.; White, S.; Zhang, Z.; Zhou, Y.

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2018.04.033

PICOSEC: Charged particle timing at sub-25 picosecond precision with a Micromegas based detector

Bortfeldt J., Brunbauer F., David C., Desforge D., Fanourakis G., Franchi J., ...Daha Fazla

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, cilt.903, ss.317-325, 2018 (SCI-Expanded)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 903
Basım Tarihi: 2018
Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.nima.2018.04.033
Dergi Adı: NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.317-325
Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

The prospect of pileup induced backgrounds at the High Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) has stimulated intense interest in developing technologies for charged particle detection with accurate timing at high rates. The required accuracy follows directly from the nominal interaction distribution within a bunch crossing (sigma(2) similar to 5 cm, sigma(t) similar to 170 ps). A time resolution of the order of 20-30 ps would lead to significant reduction of these backgrounds. With this goal, we present a new detection concept called PICOSEC, which is based on a "two-stage'' Micromegas detector coupled to a Cherenkov radiator and equipped with a photocathode. First results obtained with this new detector yield a time resolution of 24 ps for 150 GeV muons, and 76 ps for single photoelectrons.