An approach to light distribution for the calibration of high energy physics calorimeters

Year: 2020

Authors: Anastasi A., Bottalico E., Cantatore G., Cotrozzi L., Dabagov S., Di Stefano R., Driutti A., Ferrari C., Fioretti A., Gabbanini C., Galati MD., Gioiosa A., Girotti P., Hampai D., Iacovacci M., Incagli M., Karuza M., Lusiani A., Marignetti F., Mastroianni S., Nath A., Piacentino GM., Raha N., Santi L., Sorbara M., Venanzoni G., Vujnovic V.

Autors Affiliation: Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Pisa, Largo Bruno Pontecorvo 3, I-56127 Pisa, Italy; Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Napoli, Complesso Univ Monte St Angelo,Via Cinthia, I-80126 Naples, Italy; Univ Pisa, Dipartimento Fis, Largo Bruno Pontecorvo 3, I-56127 Pisa, Italy; Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Trieste, Via A Valerio 2, I-34127 Trieste, Italy; Univ Trieste, Dipartimento Fis, Via A Valerio 2, I-34127 Trieste, Italy; Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, GC Udine, Via Sci 208, I-33100 Udine, Italy; Univ Udine, Via Sci 208, I-33100 Udine, Italy;‎ Univ Roma Tor Vergata, Dipartimento Fis, Via Ric Sci 1, I-00133 Rome, Italy;‎ Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Lab Nazl Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, I-00044 Frascati, Italy; RAS, PN Lebedev Phys Inst, Leninsky Ave 53, Moscow 119991, Russia; Natl Res Nucl Univ MEPhI, Kashirskoe Str 31, Moscow 115409, Russia; Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Roma Tor Vergata, Via Ric Sci 1, I-00133 Rome, Italy; Univ Cassino, Via G Di Biasio 43, I-03043 Cassino, Italy; CNR INO, SS A Gozzini, Ist Nazl Ott, Via G Moruzzi 1, I-56124 Pisa, Italy; Scuola Normale Super Pisa, Piazza Cavalieri 7, I-56126 Pisa, Italy;‎ Univ Molise, Dipartimento Biosci & Terr, I-86090 Pesche, Italy; Univ Napoli Federico II, Dipartimento Fis, Complesso Univ Monte St Angelo,Via Cinthia, I-80126 Naples, Italy; Univ Rijeka, Dept Phys, Radmile Matejcic 2, Rijeka 51000, Croatia; Univ Rijeka, Ctr Micro Nano Sci & Technol, Radmile Matejcic 2, Rijeka 51000, Croatia

Abstract: In high energy physics experiments, calorimeters are calibrated to produce precise and accurate results. Laser light can be used for calibration when the detectors are sensitive to photons in that particular energy range, which is often the case. Moreover, it is not unusual that detection systems consist of hundreds of channels that have to be calibrated independently, which produce stringent requirements on the light distribution system in terms of temporal and spatial stability, energy distribution and timing. Furthermore, the economic factor and the ease of production have to be taken into account. We present a prototype light distribution system, based on a series of optical beamsplitters, developed for the Muon g-2 experiment at Fermilab.

Journal/Review: JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION

Volume: 15 (9)      Pages from: P09014-1  to: P09014-14

More Information: We thank Fabrizio Scuri and Stefano Veronesi for the fruitful discussions in the early stage of the experiment. This research was supported by Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (Italy), by Fermi Research Alliance, LLC under Contract No. DE-AC02-07CH11359 with the United States Department of Energy, and by the EU Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Grant Agreement No.690835 and No.734303. This work was also partially supported by EU projects No. KK.01.1.1.01.0001 and RC.2.2.06.-0001: Research Infrastructure for Campus-based Laboratories at the University of Rijeka. The authors also wish to express their gratitude to the mechanical workshop of the INFN Sezione di Trieste where the prototype distribution panel was constructed.
KeyWords: Optics; Detector alignment and calibration methods (lasers, sources, particle-beams); Cherenkov detectors
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/15/09/P09014