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author Yang, Jijun
Li, Ruize
Cai, Chang
Chen, Guocai
Chen, Jiangyu
Dai, Huayu
Fang, Rundong
Gao, Fei
Gu, Jingfan
Guo, Xiaoran
Guo, Jiheng
Jin, Gaojun
Ju, Fali
Hao, Yanzhou
Lei, Yang
Li, Kaihang
Li, Meng
Li, Minhua
Li, Shengchao
Li, Siyin
Li, Tao
Lin, Qing
Liu, Jiajun
Lv, Sheng
Luo, Guang
Ni, Kangwei
Shen, Chuanping
Song, Mingzhuo
Tong, Lijun
Wang, Jun
Wang, Xiaoyu
Wang, Wei
Wang, Xiaoping
Wang, Zihu
Wei, Yuehuan
Weng, Liming
Xiao, Xiang
Xie, Lingfeng
Yang, Litao
Yang, Long
Ye, Jingqiang
Yu, Jiachen
Yue, Qian
Yue, Yuyong
Zhang, Bingwei
Zhang, Yuming
Zhao, Yifei
Zhu, Chenhui
author_facet Yang, Jijun
Li, Ruize
Cai, Chang
Chen, Guocai
Chen, Jiangyu
Dai, Huayu
Fang, Rundong
Gao, Fei
Gu, Jingfan
Guo, Xiaoran
Guo, Jiheng
Jin, Gaojun
Ju, Fali
Hao, Yanzhou
Lei, Yang
Li, Kaihang
Li, Meng
Li, Minhua
Li, Shengchao
Li, Siyin
Li, Tao
Lin, Qing
Liu, Jiajun
Lv, Sheng
Luo, Guang
Ni, Kangwei
Shen, Chuanping
Song, Mingzhuo
Tong, Lijun
Wang, Jun
Wang, Xiaoyu
Wang, Wei
Wang, Xiaoping
Wang, Zihu
Wei, Yuehuan
Weng, Liming
Xiao, Xiang
Xie, Lingfeng
Yang, Litao
Yang, Long
Ye, Jingqiang
Yu, Jiachen
Yue, Qian
Yue, Yuyong
Zhang, Bingwei
Zhang, Yuming
Zhao, Yifei
Zhu, Chenhui
contents In this paper, we present the design and characterization of a photosensor system developed for the RELICS experiment. An extended dynamic range base was designed to mitigate photomultiplier tube (PMT) saturation caused by intense cosmic muon backgrounds in the surface-level RELICS detector. The system employs dual readout from the anode and the seventh dynode to extend the linear response range of the PMT. In particular, our characterization and measurements of Hamamatsu R8520-406 PMTs confirm stable operation under positive high-voltage bias, extending the linear response range by more than an order of magnitude. Furthermore, a model of PMT saturation and recovery was developed to evaluate the influence of cosmic muon signals in the RELICS detector. The results demonstrate the system capability to detect coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering signals under surface-level cosmic backgrounds, and suggest the potential to extend the scientific reach of RELICS to MeV-scale interactions.
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spellingShingle Design and characterization of a photosensor system for the RELICS experiment
Yang, Jijun
Li, Ruize
Cai, Chang
Chen, Guocai
Chen, Jiangyu
Dai, Huayu
Fang, Rundong
Gao, Fei
Gu, Jingfan
Guo, Xiaoran
Guo, Jiheng
Jin, Gaojun
Ju, Fali
Hao, Yanzhou
Lei, Yang
Li, Kaihang
Li, Meng
Li, Minhua
Li, Shengchao
Li, Siyin
Li, Tao
Lin, Qing
Liu, Jiajun
Lv, Sheng
Luo, Guang
Ni, Kangwei
Shen, Chuanping
Song, Mingzhuo
Tong, Lijun
Wang, Jun
Wang, Xiaoyu
Wang, Wei
Wang, Xiaoping
Wang, Zihu
Wei, Yuehuan
Weng, Liming
Xiao, Xiang
Xie, Lingfeng
Yang, Litao
Yang, Long
Ye, Jingqiang
Yu, Jiachen
Yue, Qian
Yue, Yuyong
Zhang, Bingwei
Zhang, Yuming
Zhao, Yifei
Zhu, Chenhui
Instrumentation and Detectors
High Energy Physics - Experiment
In this paper, we present the design and characterization of a photosensor system developed for the RELICS experiment. An extended dynamic range base was designed to mitigate photomultiplier tube (PMT) saturation caused by intense cosmic muon backgrounds in the surface-level RELICS detector. The system employs dual readout from the anode and the seventh dynode to extend the linear response range of the PMT. In particular, our characterization and measurements of Hamamatsu R8520-406 PMTs confirm stable operation under positive high-voltage bias, extending the linear response range by more than an order of magnitude. Furthermore, a model of PMT saturation and recovery was developed to evaluate the influence of cosmic muon signals in the RELICS detector. The results demonstrate the system capability to detect coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering signals under surface-level cosmic backgrounds, and suggest the potential to extend the scientific reach of RELICS to MeV-scale interactions.
title Design and characterization of a photosensor system for the RELICS experiment
topic Instrumentation and Detectors
High Energy Physics - Experiment
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.24196