Implementation of silicon photomultipliers in scintillation detector systems of the

GAMMA-400 space gamma-ray telescope

М.F. RUNTSO, A.I. ARKHANGELSKYI, I.V. ARKHANGELSKAYA, А.М. GALPER, М.D. KHEIMITZ, V.А. KAPLIN, А.А. LEONOV, V.А. LOGINOV, P. YU. NAUMOV, YU.T. YURKIN ON BEHALF OF GАММА-400 COLLABORATION, S.N. FEDOTOV, V.V. KUSHIN, S.D. LAZAREV, Е.F. MAKLYAEV, YU. A. MELIKYAN, P.P. NAUMOV, М.P. SHARAPOV, A.А. SOLODOVNIKOV

National Research Nuclear University “Moscow Engineering Physics Institute”

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“GAMMA-400 “ Gamma-ray telescope [1]

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Test setup for the detector’s time and amplitude characteristics study (SiPM with standart output: SensL (MICRO FB-6035-SMT)

and KITEK (PM6660-B66T99S-Q3) [2].

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Overlapping of particle and noice signals of 6 SiPM [6x6 mm] by Ketek and SensL [2]

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SensL SiPM MICRO FB-6035-SMT biasing

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Test setup for the detector’s time and amplitude characteristics study (SiPM with fast output)

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SensL SiPM MICRO FB-6035-SMT

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Time resolution for the tested scintillation detector as a function of the distance between the

beta-source and the appropriate set of SiPM

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The signal amplitude as a function of the distance between the beta-source and the detecting set of SiPM

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The dependence of the scintillation detection efficiency for the tested scintillation detectors on the distance between the

beta-source and the detecting set of SiPM [2]

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References

[1] O. Adriani, R.L. Aptekar, I.V. Arkhangelskaja. Status of the GAMMA-400 project.

Advances in Space Research 51 (2) , pp. 297-300

[2] Kaplin V.A., Makliaev E.F., Melikyan Yu.A. et al, Ground testing of fast scintillation

detector system of the GAMMA-400 gamma-ray telescope. Conference of

Fundamental Research and Particle Physics 18-20 February 2015 Scientific Session

MEPhI-2015 of National Research Nuclear University (MEPhI), Elsevier (in press).

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Thank You for Your Attention

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