title: Single electron response of the scintillator-light guide-photomultiplier detector.
abstract: The time response of a scintillator-light guide-photomultiplier combination was measured with a time-constant of 3 ns. Single detected electrons were recognizable at the output of the photomultiplier. The distribution of the number of photoelectrons produced by one detected electron and the pulse-height distribution of the photomultiplier output pulses were analysed. Statistical noise computed from these distributions was compared with the noise produced by the dark current of the photomultiplier.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Scientific Instruments ASCR, v.v.i., Královopolská 147, 612 64, Brno, Czech Republic. lnovak@isibrno.cz
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Novák
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Müllerová