The SPD Beam-Beam Counter Scintillation Detector Prototype Tests with FERS-5200 Front-End Readout System

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2024年8月14日

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A. V. Tishevsky,
F. A. Dubinin,
A. Yu. Isupov,
V. P. Ladygin,
G. A. Nigmatkulov,
S. G. Reznikov,
P. E. Teterin,
I. S. Volkov,
A. M. Zakharov

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Abstract

The Spin Physics Detector is a collider experiment at NICA designed to study the spin structure of the proton and deuteron and other spin-related phenomena using polarized beams. The collision energy is up to 27 GeV and the luminosity is up to 10³² cm^–2 s^–1 in pp mode. Two scintillator-based detectors, Beam-Beam Counters (BBC), will be installed upstream and downstream the interaction point and will serve as a tool for beam diagnostics including local polarimetry. The BBCs will be designed as high granularity scintillation detectors. In this paper we present the tests of a BBC prototype based on the tiles with the green wavelength shifter and silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) readout. The prototype was tested with 1 × 1 mm² and 3 × 3 mm² SensL SiPM using CAEN FERS-5200 front-end readout system. Amplitude and time response to cosmic rays was compared for different tile configurations.