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PREX main detector

PREX main detector. PREx Collaboration Meeting Feb. 19-20, 2010. Kumar Krishna Jon Wexler Patrick Rogan Vireak Yim UMass. Piotr Decowski Aimee Shore Smith College. Outline. Detector assembly in HRS focal plane Detector head and its optimization A T - hole detector

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PREX main detector

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  1. PREX main detector PREx Collaboration Meeting Feb. 19-20, 2010 Kumar Krishna Jon Wexler Patrick Rogan Vireak Yim UMass Piotr Decowski Aimee Shore Smith College

  2. Outline • Detector assembly in HRS focal plane • Detector head and its optimization • AT - hole detector • Progress of construction • Other tasks • Issues

  3. Detector assembly Scintillator trigger Quartz blocks and reflectors Beam Two pairs of GEMs Two main detectors

  4. Detector assembly, cont. All dimensions and positioning in respect to the VDC are determined and fixed. The information about exact detector position will allow to finalize details of beam optics in the HRS hut (John LeRose)

  5. Detector assembly mounted in the HRS focal plane Beam GEMs Trigger Main detectors X-Y movers Unistrut support

  6. Another view

  7. GEM support details GEMs Supports for electronics Electronics These parts will be machined in the Umass, UVA, and Smith College shops. Smith College’s shop is equipped with computer controlled powerful water jet cutter, which wil be used to cut more elaborated shapes.

  8. Location of the main detector head in the HRS focal plane(Dustin’s simulations) Detector head 14 cm long and 3.5 cm wide quartz PMT Quartz holder bar at save distance from the beam (no beam splash)

  9. Detector head: Optimization of reflector Geometry 14 cm longquartz • GEANT simulations: • range of reflectivity • coefficients • specular versus diffuse • reflection PMT Tube Conical mirror

  10. Results of Simulations Specular reflection Diffuse reflection 14 cm * 4 cm quartz X dependence of PE number (dispersive direction) PMT side PMT side These regions were tested using cosmic rays Y dependence of PE number (transverse direction) For typical reflectivity 80 - 90 % expected number of PEs ~ 50 - 60

  11. Setup for cosmic tests Quartz made from 6 smaller pieces Lead filter PMT One of the trigger detectors

  12. Results from cosmic tests Painted flat mirrors Painted cone White paper cone Flat Al mirrors Painted quartz Al cone Wrapped mylar No mirrors Al cone No mirrors Flat Al mirrors Painted cone White paper cone Wrapped mylar Painted quartz Painted flat mirrors Best results sqrt(PE) Number of PEs Region 2 Region 1 Region 1 Region 2 Best: Painted flat mirror? Painted quartz?

  13. Paint 100 40 250 nm 2500 nm

  14. AT - hole detector Separate detector on X - Y movers attached to the 45 deg side yellow beam of the focal plane cage. 4 cm * 4 cm quartz tangent to the Cherenkov cone. Detector axis in the beam - y axis plane, at angle 45 deg in respect to the beam. Dustin’s plots

  15. Status of the detector construction • Most of the parts for detector heads are ready • The design of the detector assembly is finalized, • drawings are in the final stage and in the next few • days will be given to the machine shop • PMTs are purchased • PMT bases must be modified to be able to • accommodate -2000V, out of 9 bases 4 are ready • Quartz and movers are ordered

  16. Other tasks • - Setup for measurements of gains of all PMTs by single • photon counting is ready, we are still waiting for return of • CAEN ADC from repair in Italy • Blue LEDs are purchased and will be mounted in the • detector heads for in beam monitoring of PMT linearity

  17. Issues The most serious problem is uncertainty in delivery time of ordered quartz blocks. They should be delivered before the end of February, however, the manufacturer informed us that there will be a delay caused by bandsaw failure. The projected delivery time is now the beginning of the second week of March. For any case we are preparing four 13.4 cm long pieces of quartz, each made from 6 smaller pieces.

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