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An Educational Kit Based on Modular Silicon Photomultiplier System

November 12th, 2021| |CAEN Experiments, Particle Detectors Characterization

Silicon Photo-Multipliers (SiPM) are state of the art light detectors with unprecedented single photon sensitivity and photon number resolving capability, representing a breakthrough in several fundamental and applied Science domains. An educational experiment based on a SiPM set-up is proposed in this article, guiding the student towards a comprehensive knowledge of this sensor technology while experiencing the quantum nature of light and exploring the statistical properties of the light pulses emitted by a LED

Poisson and Gaussian Distribution

Download printable version Difficult Execution Time Data Analysis Radioactive Sources Yes No Hardware setupThis experiment guide is referred to the SP5600EMU Emulation Kit. If you don’t have this kit, choose your own from the following list to visualize the related experiment guide: SG6112A, SG6112C, SG6112E - Educational KitEquipment: SP5600EMU Emulation KitModelDT4800DT5700Additional ToolDescriptionMicro Digital Detector

Poisson and Gaussian Distribution

Download printable version Difficult Execution Time Data Analysis Radioactive Sources Yes Yes Hardware setup This experiment guide is referred to the SP5640 Backpack Detector kit. If you don’t have this kit, choose your own from the following list to visualize the related experiment guide: SG6112A, SG6112B, SG6112C - Educational Kit Equipment: SP5640 - Backpack

Energy Resolution

Download printable version Difficult Execution Time Data Analysis Radioactive Sources Yes No Equipment: SP5600EMU - Emulation Kit Purpose of the experiment Analysis of the spectrum of the deposited energy by a γ ray in a detector discloses the essence of the interaction of high energy photons with matter and allows to learn by

System Calibration: Linearity and Resolution

Download printable version Difficult Execution Time Data Analysis Radioactive Sources Yes Yes Hardware setupThis experiment guide is referred to the SP5600C educational kit. If you don’t have this kit, choose your own from the following list to visualize the related experiment guide: SG6114B, SG6114C, SG6114E - Emulation Kit.Equipment: SP5600C - Educational Gamma KitModelSP5600DT5720AA315SP5606SP5607Additional ToolDescriptionPower

Photonuclear cross-section / Compton Scattering cross-section

Download printable version Difficult Execution Time Data Analysis Radioactive Sources Yes Yes Hardware setup This experiment guide is referred to the SP5600EMU educational kit. If you don’t have this kit, choose your own from the following list to visualize the related experiment guides: SG6117A, SG6117C, SG6117E - Educational Kit. Equipment: SP5600EMU - Emulation Kit

Detecting γ-Radiation

Download printable version Difficult Execution Time Data Analysis Radioactive Sources No Yes Hardware setup This experiment guide is referred to the SP5640 educational kit. If you don’t have this kit, choose your own from the following list to visualize the related experiment guide: SG6111A, SG6111C - Educational Kit. Equipment: SP5640 - Backpack Radiation

Photonuclear cross-section / Compton Scattering cross-section

Download printable version Difficult Execution Time Data Analysis Radioactive Sources No Gamma Hardware setup This experiment guide is referred to the SP5640 educational kit. If you don’t have this kit, choose your own from the following list to visualize the related experiment guides: SG6117A, SG6117B, SG6117C - Educational Kit. Equipment: SP5640 - Backpack Radiation

Radon passive measurement

Download printable version Difficult Execution Time Data Analysis Radioactive Sources Yes No Hardware setup This experiment guide is referred to the SP5630EN educational kit. Equipment: SP5630EN - Environmental kit Model i-Spector - S2570B Samples Description Intelligent Silicon Photomultiplier Tube Empty Beaker & Test Sample, Fertilizer and Rock, Canisters of Activated Carbon, Calibration Crystal Purpose

Test Sample Identification

Download printable version Difficult Execution Time Data Analysis Radioactive Sources Yes No Hardware setup This experiment guide is referred to the SP5630EN educational kit. Equipment: SP5630EN - Environmental kit Model i-Spector - S2570B Samples Description Intelligent Silicon Photomultiplier Tube Empty Beaker & Test Sample, Fertilizer and Rock, Canisters of Activated Carbon, Calibration Crystal Purpose