Waterproofed photomultiplier tube assemblies for the Daya Bay reactor neutrino experiment

Ken Chow; John Cummings; Emily Edwards; William Edwards; Ry Ely; Matthew Hoff; Logan Lebanowski; Bo Li; Piyi Li; Shih Kai Lin; Dawei Liu; Jinchang Liu; Kam Biu Luk; Jiayuan Miao; Jim Napolitano; Juan Pedro Ochoa-Ricoux; Jen Chieh Peng; Ming Qi; Herbert Steiner; Paul Stoler; Mary Stuart; Lingyu Wang; Changgen Yang; Weili Zhong

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2015.05.002

Waterproofed photomultiplier tube assemblies for the Daya Bay reactor neutrino experiment

Ken Chow, John Cummings, Emily Edwards, William Edwards, Ry Ely, Matthew Hoff, Logan Lebanowski, Bo Li, Piyi Li, Shih Kai Lin, Dawei Liu, Jinchang Liu, Kam Biu Luk, Jiayuan Miao, Jim Napolitano, Juan Pedro Ochoa-Ricoux, Jen Chieh Peng, Ming Qi, Herbert Steiner, Paul StolerMary Stuart, Lingyu Wang, Changgen Yang, Weili Zhong

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Abstract In the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment 960 20-cm-diameter waterproof photomultiplier tubes are used to instrument three water pools as Cherenkov detectors for detecting cosmic-ray muons. Of these 960 photomultiplier tubes, 341 are recycled from the MACRO experiment. A systematic program was undertaken to refurbish them as waterproof assemblies. In the context of passing the water leakage check, a success rate better than 97% was achieved. Details of the design, fabrication, testing, operation, and performance of these waterproofed photomultiplier-tube assemblies are presented.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	57730
Pages (from-to)	25-32
Number of pages	8
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	794
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2015.05.002
State	Published - May 27 2015

Keywords

Anti-neutrino
Daya Bay
MACRO
Photomultiplier tube
Reactor
Waterproof

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Chow, K., Cummings, J., Edwards, E., Edwards, W., Ely, R., Hoff, M., Lebanowski, L., Li, B., Li, P., Lin, S. K., Liu, D., Liu, J., Luk, K. B., Miao, J., Napolitano, J., Ochoa-Ricoux, J. P., Peng, J. C., Qi, M., Steiner, H., ... Zhong, W. (2015). Waterproofed photomultiplier tube assemblies for the Daya Bay reactor neutrino experiment. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 794, 25-32. Article 57730. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2015.05.002

Waterproofed photomultiplier tube assemblies for the Daya Bay reactor neutrino experiment. / Chow, Ken; Cummings, John; Edwards, Emily et al.
In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 794, 57730, 27.05.2015, p. 25-32.

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Chow, K, Cummings, J, Edwards, E, Edwards, W, Ely, R, Hoff, M, Lebanowski, L, Li, B, Li, P, Lin, SK, Liu, D, Liu, J, Luk, KB, Miao, J, Napolitano, J, Ochoa-Ricoux, JP, Peng, JC, Qi, M, Steiner, H, Stoler, P, Stuart, M, Wang, L, Yang, C & Zhong, W 2015, 'Waterproofed photomultiplier tube assemblies for the Daya Bay reactor neutrino experiment', Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 794, 57730, pp. 25-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2015.05.002

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