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SUMMARY:Characterization of a scintillator tile equipped with SiPMs for fu
 ture cosmic-ray space experiments
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20181023T140000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20181023T141500Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260517T022036Z
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Francesco Loparco ()\nCurrent gamma-ray and cosmic-r
 ay satellite experiments employ plastic scintillators to discriminate char
 ged and neutral particles and to identify nuclei . \nScintillators are com
 monly read out using the classical photomultiplier tubes (PMTs). \nRecent 
 measurements and R&D projects are demonstrating that Silicon Photomultipli
 ers (SiPMs) are suitable for the detection of fast light signals with reso
 lution up to the single photoelectron\, with a lower power consumption. Fo
 r these reasons\, next generation missions are planning to replace PMTs wi
 th SiPMs. \nWe tested a prototype plastic scintillator tile\, equipped wit
 h a set of SiPMs and studied its response to a beam of electrons and pions
  at CERN. We used Near Ultraviolet (NUV) SiPMs of 1x1 mm$^2$ and 4x4 mm$^2
 $ area\, placed along the edges of the tile. The tile was irradiated in di
 fferent positions in order to study the dependence of the collected light 
 on the impact point of the beam particles.\nWe also varied the energy of t
 he beam in order to study how this parameter affects the amount of collect
 ed light.\n\nhttps://indico.particle.mephi.ru/event/22/contributions/1136/
LOCATION:Hotel Intourist Kolomenskoye 4* Moskvorechye 2 hall
URL:https://indico.particle.mephi.ru/event/22/contributions/1136/
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