Design and test for the CEPC muon subdetector based on extruded scintillator and SiPM

摘要:
A combination of scintillator, wavelength shifting (WLS) fiber, and silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) shows excellent performance in the `KL and μ detector (KLM)' of the Belle II experiment. We describe the R&D for a similar detection technology with a new scintillator and SiPM, which can be implemented for a muon detector for the proposed CEPC experiment and the upgrade of KLM in Belle II. The R&D contains the study of the performance of a new scintillator with a length of 150 cm, the NDL SiPM with a sensitive surface of 3 mm × 3 mm or the Hamamatsu MPPC with a sensitive surface of 1.3 mm × 1.3 mm, the construction of a detector strip, and the methods to achieve excellent light collection. The cosmic ray tests show good photon collections by NDL SiPM or MPPC, efficiencies well above 90% with a threshold of 8 p.e., and time resolutions of better than 1.7 ns for the hits at the far end of a scintillator strip. The performance shows a good option for an excellent muon detector for CEPC and the possible upgrade of Belle II KLM.