Light response of pure CsI calorimeter crystals painted with wavelength-shifting lacquer

Details Light response of pure CsI calorimeter crystals painted with wavelength-shifting lacquer Light response of pure CsI calorimeter crystals painted with wavelength-shifting lacquer

2000-06-21

arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0006027v1

Nucl.Instrum.Meth. A459 (2001) 426-439

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Experiment

Elsevier LaTeX, 35 pages in e-print format, 15 Postscript Figures and 4 Tables, also available at http://pibeta.phys.virgini

Scientific paper

10.1016/S0168-9002(00)01045-7

We have measured scintillation properties of pure CsI crystals used in the shower calorimeter built for a precise determination of the pi+ -> pi0 e+ nu decay rate at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI). All 240 individual crystals painted with a special wavelength-shifting solution were examined in a custom-build detection apparatus (RASTA=radioactive source tomography apparatus) that uses a 137Cs radioactive gamma source, cosmic muons and a light emitting diode as complementary probes of the scintillator light response. We have extracted the total light output, axial light collection nonuniformities and timing responses of the individual CsI crystals. These results predict improved performance of the 3 pi sr PIBETA calorimeter due to the painted lateral surfaces of 240 CsI crystals. The wavelength-shifting paint treatment did not affect appreciably the total light output and timing resolution of our crystal sample. The predicted energy resolution for positrons and photons in the energy range of 10-100 MeV was nevertheless improved due to the more favorable axial light collection probability variation. We have compared simulated calorimeter ADC spectra due to 70 MeV positrons and photons with a Monte Carlo calculation of an ideal detector light response.

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