The Solar Tower Atmospheric Cherenkov Effect Experiment (STACEE) is designed to explore the gamma-ray sky between 20 and 250 GeV using the atmospheric Cherenkov technique. STACEE will use large solar heliostat mirrors to reflect Cherenkov light created in gamma-ray air showers to secondary mirrors on a central tower. The secondary mirrors image this light onto photomultiplier tube cameras that ...

A value R is obtained by the ratio of the summed, coincident pulses of both photomultipliers to the coincident pulses of one photomultiplier in the same selected range of the external standard puls height spectrum. This value R together with the external standard channel ratio (ESCR) show the extent of chemical and/or colour quenching in a field described by a set of calibration samples with in...

The viability and performance of using a silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) in atmospheric lidar applications is experimentally compared against the well-established use of photomultiplier tubes. By using a modified lidar setup for simultaneous data acquisition of both types of sensors, we demonstrate that a SiPM can offer appropriate qualities for this specific application where the detection of f...

The purpose of the research presented in this paper is to help characterize and improve the photomultiplier tubes which go inside the Xenon dark matter detector. This paper discusses Dark Matter, the Xenon experiment, and the main project. The main project presented in this paper is the optimization of a parameter of photomultiplier tubes called linearity. Linearity means that the input and out...

After the start of renal scintigraphy in a 32-year-old woman, there was an abnormal view in frame 6 that was simultaneous with the start of ringing of a mobile cell phone that was in the patient’s trousers pocket. In frame 6 of the flow phase, some bright dots were observed, suggesting photomultiplier tubes. Immediately after that frame, in spite of continued ringing of the mobile cell phone (u...

We report on a wide program of tests of the new conception Hama-matsu photomultiplier R5900. Fifteen of such photomultipliers have been characterized in Pisa testing their main parameters with a dedicated setup. Such a test program has been carried out in the framework of the study of a realistic prototype of the future ATLAS tile hadronic calorimeter (TILECAL).

A variation of the basic Cockroft-Walton (C-W) Voltage Multiplier circuit design may be used to generate multiple voltages at sufficient currents to drive the dynodes of a photomultiplier tube. In a battery-operated handheld device, the current draw on the batteries must be kept to a minimum. Several other parameters must be considered carefully during the design as well. Components must be cho...

The routine surveillance of oil spills in major ports is important. However, existing techniques and sensors are unable to trace oil and micron-thin oil films on the surface of seawater. Therefore, we designed and studied a coastal-mounted sensor, using ultraviolet-induced fluorescence and fluorescence-filter systems (FFSs), to monitor oil spills and overcome the disadvantages of traditional su...

We present the results of our further investigation of the Gas Electron Mutiplier (GEM) photomultiplier consisting of a solid CsI photocathode coupled to a cascade of GEMs. It operates with mixtures of pure noble gases or with noble gases having small additives of nitrogen or methane. The GEM photomultiplier (GPM) reaches multiplication factors of 105}106, allowing for detection of single photo...

Very sensitive intensity autocorrelation measurement of 15-fs, 800-nm pulses from a Ti:sapphire laser has been achieved by using two-photon-induced photocurrent in a photomultiplier tube.