Use of flat panel microchannel photomultipliers in sampling calorimeters with timing
US9244180B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 26, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jan 26, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 18, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01T1/363
- WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
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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