In this paper,the design,construction,simulation,and performance of a position-sensitive plastic scintillator detector are presented.The readout of the detector uses wavelength-shifting fibers coupled with multi-anode...In this paper,the design,construction,simulation,and performance of a position-sensitive plastic scintillator detector are presented.The readout of the detector uses wavelength-shifting fibers coupled with multi-anode photomultipliers(PMTs) for the x-and y-dimensions.After calibrating the multi-anode PMTs,a two-dimensional projection image of the square scintillator telescope hit by cosmic muons is demonstrated.By performing a cosmic test with the Micromegas telescope,the position resolution of the detector was determined to reach approximately8.6 mm,which is close to the value obtained in physical simulation.展开更多
基金supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program on Space Science of Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.XDA04070900)
文摘In this paper,the design,construction,simulation,and performance of a position-sensitive plastic scintillator detector are presented.The readout of the detector uses wavelength-shifting fibers coupled with multi-anode photomultipliers(PMTs) for the x-and y-dimensions.After calibrating the multi-anode PMTs,a two-dimensional projection image of the square scintillator telescope hit by cosmic muons is demonstrated.By performing a cosmic test with the Micromegas telescope,the position resolution of the detector was determined to reach approximately8.6 mm,which is close to the value obtained in physical simulation.
