Search for Hidden Particles

Detector Development

The Bologna SHiP group is focused on the development of the downstream Muon Detector, the most downstream and one of the largest in the experiment at almost 300 square meters of active area.

This detector is composed of multiple layers of scintillator tiles, read out by Silicon PhotoMultipliers, that can reach better than 200 ps hit time resolution combined.

Posted October 2019

Master Thesis by V. Cicero on the SHiP Muon detector design, including prototype studies and data analysis.

Simulation of photon propagation delay within a square tile with four SiPMs

Next collaboration meeting:
April 1-3, 2020
CERN

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Photon Detection Efficiency map of individual Silicon Photomultiplier cells (50 μm).
Summary presentation on the Muon detector development.