sPHENIX is a new detector at RHIC.

[Megan Connors <meganeconnors AT gmail.com>]

Dear Nathan and Evan,

Thanks for the nice abstract. Here are some suggestions to consider before submitting.

-I think it would be good to add something to the first sentence about why we collide heavy ions and maybe specify RHIC collides gold.

-"it gives off" to "it produces"

-Change the first instance of SiPMs to "Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPMs)" and then just refer them as SiPMs after that

-"read the light given off" to "detect the produced light"

-"light given off" to "detected light" or "produced light"

-add "in heavy-ion collisions to the end of the second to last sentence.

-Maybe add a sentence before the last one about how the radiation damage increases the current drawn by the SiPMs

-"current analysis" sound like "present analysis" but I think you mean "analysis of the currents"

-"In this poster I show" to "This poster presents"

Best,

-Megan

On Mon, Jul 31, 2023 at 3:03 PM Nathan Grau via sPHENIX-l <sphenix-l AT lists.bnl.gov> wrote:

Hi all,

One of my students Evan Kuenzi is planning to submit a DNP CEU abstract. The title and abstract is below. The abstracts are due Wednesday, August 2. Any and all comments are welcome.

Thanks,

Nathan

Study of SiPM Current Draw in the sPHENIX 2023 Au+Au run

Evan Kuenzi, for the sPHENIX Collaboration

Relativistic heavy ion collisions collide ions such as gold and lead at speeds near the speed of light. The sPHENIX detector measures the resulting particles of heavy ion collisions. It does this using calorimeters which are designed to measure the energy of particles going through them. When a particle goes through a calorimeter, it gives off light which we measure using SiPMs. Silicon Photomultipliers or SiPMs read the light given off by the particles and produce a current proportional to the amount of light given off. SiPMs are radiation sensitive and can easily be damaged, especially by slow neutrons. In this poster I show the current analysis of the SiPMs in the sPHENIX 2023 Au+Au run. 

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