High energy particle detection with large area superconducting microwire array
Abstract We present the first detailed study of an 8-channel 2×2 mm 2 WSi superconducting microwire single photon detector (SMSPD) array exposed to 120 GeV proton beam and 8 GeV electron and pion beam at the Fermilab Test Beam Facility. The SMSPD detection efficiency was measured for the first time for protons, electrons, and pions, enabled by the use of a silicon tracking telescope that provided precise spatial resolution of 30 μm for 120 GeV protons and 130 μm for 8 GeV electrons and pions. The result demonstrated consistent detection efficiency across pixels and at different bias currents. Time resolution of 1.15 ns was measured for the first time for SMSPD with proton, electron, and pions, enabled by the use of an MCP-PMT which provided a ps-level reference time stamp. The results presented is the first step towards developing SMSPD array systems optimized for high energy particle detection and identification for future accelerator-based experiments.
Authors
- S. Xie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2509-5731)
- Jamie Luskin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4659-7098)
- Matthew D. Shaw (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5037-3740)
- Boris Korzh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8262-9720)
- Lautaro Narváez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2708-8754)
- Claudio San Martín (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5393-9308)
- V. Vega (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1719-955X)
- Emanuel Knehr (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8436-1246)
- C. Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0117-7196)
- Sahil Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6702-0653)
- Matías Barría (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1244-3848)
- Artur Apresyan
- M. Spiropulu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8172-7081)
- Adolf Bornheim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0128-0871)
- Cristián Peña
Institutions
- University of Geneva (CH)
- California Institute of Technology (US)
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (US)
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (US)
- Centro Científico Tecnológico de Valparaíso (CL)
- University of Maryland, College Park (US)
- Federico Santa María Technical University (CL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Instrumentation
- Published
- 2025-03-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/20/03/p03001
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 11.22
Funders
- U.S. Department of Energy
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- California Institute of Technology
- Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
- Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo
- Office of Science
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- High Energy Physics
- Fermilab