Characterization of Silicon Photomultiplier (SiPM) for Silicon Geiger Hybrid Tube (SiGHT) to Improve Dark Matter Experiments
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For the purpose of direct dark matter detection experiments, highly sensitive photodetectors are needed. The UCLA dark matter team is testing and developing a novel hybrid photodector called Silicon Geiger Hybrid Tube (SiGHT) that can potentially replace the currently used photomultiplier tube. The main component of SiGHT is the silicon photomultiplier. The characterization of the SiPM is being discussed here. Data were taken for five Sensl SiPM type MicroSM-30035-X13-NE. With the amplifier, the average gains at mininum operating voltage is 8.8374 × 106.
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تاریخ انتشار 2013