Published July 3, 2014 | Version v1
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USE OF FLAT PANEL MICROCHANNEL PHOTOMULTIPLIERS IN SAMPLING CALORIMETERS WITH TIMING

Description

Large-area, flat-panel photo-detectors with sub-nanosecond time resolution based on microchannel plates are provided. The large-area, flat-panel photo-detectors enable the economic construction of sampling calorimeters with, for example, enhanced capability to measure local energy deposition, depth-of-interaction, time-of-flight, and/or directionality of showers. In certain embodiments, sub-nanosecond timing resolution supplies correlated position and time measurements over large areas. The use of thin flat-panel viewing radiators on both sides of a radiation-creating medium allows simultaneous measurement of Cherenkov and scintillation radiation in each layer of the calorimeter. The detectors may be used in a variety of applications including, for example, medical imaging, security, and particle and nuclear physics.

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Patent number
US 201314090647 A
Patent application number
US 2014/0183369 A1
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oai:uchicago.tind.io:7800

Dates

Patent filed
2013-11-26

UChicago Information

Division(s)
Physical Sciences Division
Department(s)
Physics