Evaluation of the upgraded 3-inch Hamamatsu photomultiplier for the KM3NeT Neutrino Telescope

The 3-inch Hamamatsu R14374-02 photomultiplier tube is an improved version of the R12199-02 model and its successor in the construction of the KM3NeT neutrino telescope. A total of 1000 photomultipliers were analysed to assess their dark count rate, transit time spread, and spurious pulses. A subset...

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Autores: Alves Garre, Sergio, Bariego-Quintana, Adriana, Calvo, David, Cecchini, V., Garcia-Soto, A., Gozzini, S.R., Hernández-Rey, Juan José, Lazo, Alfonso, Lessing, N., Palacios González, J., Pastor Gómez, E. J., Prado, J., Real, Diego, Saina, Adrian, Salesa Greus, Francisco, Sánchez Losa, Agustín, Zornoza, J. D., Zúñiga Román, Juan, KM3NeT Collaboration
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:dnet:digitalcsic_::d94f604682449a1bac6c67cef5f7bf49
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/431243
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/105012385430
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Cherenkov detectors
Neutrino detectors
Optics
Photon detectors for UV, visible and IR photons (vacuum) (photomultipliers, HPDs, others)
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Sumario:The 3-inch Hamamatsu R14374-02 photomultiplier tube is an improved version of the R12199-02 model and its successor in the construction of the KM3NeT neutrino telescope. A total of 1000 photomultipliers were analysed to assess their dark count rate, transit time spread, and spurious pulses. A subset of 200 photomultipliers were further evaluated to determine their quantum efficiency which is an essential parameter for Monte Carlo simulations of the detector response. The measurements show that R14374-02 model has better quantum efficiency homogeneity over the photocatode and better time properties than the R12199-02.