Testing of cryogenic photomultiplier tubes for the MicroBooNE experiment

@article{Briese2013TestingOC,
  title={Testing of cryogenic photomultiplier tubes for the MicroBooNE experiment},
  author={Thomas Briese and Len Bugel and Janet M. Conrad and M. Fournier and Christina M Ignarra and B. J. P. Jones and Teppei Katori and R. Navarrete-Perez and Paul Joseph Nienaber and Timothy J. McDonald and Brian D. Musolf and A. Prakash and Evan Shockley and Tess E. Smidt and Kirsten S. Swanson and Michael F. Toups},
  journal={Journal of Instrumentation},
  year={2013},
  volume={8}
}
The MicroBooNE detector, to be located on axis in the Booster Neutrino Beamline (BNB) at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), consists of two main components: a large liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC), and a light collection system. Thirty-two 8-inch diameter Hamamatsu R5912-02mod cryogenic photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) will detect the scintillation light generated in the liquid argon (LAr). This article first describes the MicroBooNE PMT performance test procedures… 
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