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Demonstration and Comparison of Operation of Photomultiplier Tubes at Liquid Argon Temperature
R. Acciarri ; M. Antonello ; F. Boffelli ; M. Cambiaghi ; N. Canci ; F. Cavanna ; A.G. Cocco ; F. Di Pompeo ; G. Fiorillo ; C. Galbiati ; L. Grandi ; P. Kryczynski ; G. Meng ; C. Montanari ; O. Palamara ; L. Pandola ; F. Perfetto ; G.B. Piano Mortari ; F. Pietropaolo ; G.L. Raselli ; M. Rossella ; C. Rubbia ; E. Segreto ; A.M. Szelc ; A. Triossi ; S. Ventura ; C. Vignoli ; A. Zani ;
Date:	29 Aug 2011
Abstract:	Liquified noble gases are widely used as a target in direct Dark Matter searches. Signals from scintillation in the liquid, following energy deposition from the recoil nuclei scattered by Dark Matter particles (e.g. WIMPs), should be recorded down to very low energies by photosensors suitably designed to operate at cryogenic temperatures. Liquid Argon based detectors for Dark Matter searches currently implement photo multiplier tubes for signal read-out. In the last few years PMTs with photocathodes operating down to liquid Argon temperatures (87 K) have been specially developed with increasing Quantum Efficiency characteristics. The most recent of these, Hamamatsu Photonics Mod. R11065 with peak QE up to about 35%, has been extensively tested within the R&D program of the WArP Collaboration. During these testes the Hamamatsu PMTs showed superb performance and allowed obtaining a light yield around 7 phel/keVee in a Liquid Argon detector with a photocathodic coverage in the 12% range, sufficient for detection of events down to few keVee of energy deposition. This shows that this new type of PMT is suited for experimental applications, in particular for new direct Dark Matter searches with LAr-based experiments.
Source:	arXiv, 1108.5584
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