Statistical analysis and correction of the pile-up effect in MAPMT single photoelectron counting with the SPACIROC-3 ASIC: application to the Mini-EUSO experiment

Abdullahi M, Abrate M, Adams JH, Allard D, Alldredge P, Aloisio R, Ammendola R, Anastasio A, Anchordoqui L, Andreoli V, Anzalone A, Arnone E, Badoni D, von Ballmoos P, Baret B, Barghini D, Battisti M, Bellotti R, Belov AA, Bertaina M, Betts M, Biermann P, Bisconti F, Blin-Bondil S, Boezio M, Bowaire AN, Buckland I, Burmistrov L, Burton-Heibges J, Cafagna F, Campana D, Capel F, Caraca J, Caruso R, Casolino M, Cassardo C, Castellina A, Černý K, Conti L, Coretti AG, Cremonini R, Creusot A, Cummings A, Davarpanah S, De Santis C, de la Taille C, Di Giovanni A, Di Salvo A, Ebisuzaki T, Eser J, Fenu F, Ferrarese S, Filippatos G, Finch WW, Fornaro C, Fuglesang C, Galvez Molina P, Garbolino S, Garg D, Gardiol D, Garipov GK, Golzio A, Guépin C, Haungs A, Heibges T, Isgrò F, Iuppa R, Judd EG, Kajino F, Kupari L, Kim SW, Klimov PA, Kreykenbohm I, Krizmanic JF, Lesrel J, Liberatori F, Lima HP, M’sihid E, Mandát D, Manfrin M, Marcelli A, Marcelli L, Marszał W, Masciantonio G, Masone V, Matthews JN, Mayotte E, Meli A, Mese M, Meyer SS, Mignone M, Miller M, Miyamoto H, Montaruli T, Moses J, Munini R, Nathan C, Neronov A, Nicolaidis R, Nonaka T, Mongelli M, Novikov A, Nozzoli F, Ogawa T, Ogio S, Ohmori H, Olinto AV, Onel Y, Osteria G, Panico B, Parizot E, Passeggio G, Paul T, Pech M, Penalo Castillo K, Perfetto F, Perrone L, Petta C, Picozza P, Piotrowski LW, Plebaniak Z, Prévôt G, Przybylak M, Qureshi H, Reali E, Reno MH, Reynaud F, Ricci E, Ricci M, Rivetti A, Saccà G, Sagawa H, Saprykin O, Sarazin F, Saraev RE, Schovánek P, Scotti V, Sharakin SA, Scherini V, Schieler H, Shinozaki K, Schröder F, Sotgiu A, Sparvoli R, Stillwell B, Szabelski J, Takeda M, Takizawa Y, Thomas SB, Torres Saavedra RA, Triggiani R, Trimarelli C, Trofimov DA, Unger M, Venters TM, Venugopal M, Vigorito C, Vrabel M, Wada S, Washington D, Weindl A, Wiencke L, Wilms J, Wissel S, Yashin IV, Zotov MY, Zuccon P (2025)

Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2025

Journal

Publisher: Sissa Medialab Srl

Book Volume: 501

Conference Proceedings Title: Proceedings of Science

Event location: Geneva, CHE

DOI: 10.22323/1.501.0326

Abstract

We present a comprehensive study addressing pile-up effects in single photoelectron counting with R-11265 Hamamatsu multi-anode photomultiplier tubes (MAPMTs) equipped with the SPACIROC-3 ASIC. Extended dead time in the electronics causes saturation and quenching of the counting rate, an effect we counter by inverting the pile-up plot once the double pulse resolution is determined. Our work combines extensive numerical simulations with experimental validations to quantify the statistical uncertainties associated with the corrected event rates. We apply this methodology to the Mini-EUSO experiment onboard the International Space Station where machine learning techniques are employed to extract pixel-by-pixel double pulse resolutions from long-term photon count histograms. This integrated approach enables the accurate recovery of true photon fluxes essential for studying ELVES, meteors and other transient phenomena detected by Mini-EUSO.

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Gran Sasso Science Institute Italy (IT) National Institute for Nuclear Physics / Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) Italy (IT) University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) United States (USA) (US) Université Paris-Sud France (FR) Cardiovascular Research Foundation United States (USA) (US) National Institute for Astrophysics / Istituto Nazionale Astrofisica (INAF) Italy (IT) Université Fédérale de Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées France (FR) Lomonosov Moscow State University / Московский государственный университет имени М.В.Ломоносова Russian Federation (RU) Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) United States (USA) (US) Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Germany (DE) Institute for Fundamental Physics of the Universe (IFPU) Italy (IT) Palacky University Olomouc / Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci Czech Republic (CZ) Università telematica internazionale Uninettuno Italy (IT) Italian Space Agency / Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) Italy (IT) Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (ASCR) / Akademie věd České republiky (AVČR) Czech Republic (CZ) National Centre for Nuclear Research (früher:Institute of Atomic Energy POLATOM & Andrzej Sołtan Institute for Nuclear Studies) / Narodowe Centrum Badań Jądrowych (NCBJ) Poland (PL) University of Utah United States (USA) (US) Colorado School of Mines United States (USA) (US) North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University United States (USA) (US) Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II Italy (IT) University of Chicago United States (USA) (US) University of Iowa United States (USA) (US) University of Geneva / Université de Genève (UNIGE) Switzerland (CH) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) United States (USA) (US) Università degli Studi di Trento Italy (IT) University of Tokyo Japan (JP) University of Delaware (UDEL) United States (USA) (US) Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Applications (TIFPA) Italy (IT) Riken Institute of Physical and Chemical Research / 理化学研究所 Japan (JP) University of Warsaw / Uniwersytet Warszawski Poland (PL) University of Lodz / Uniwersytet Łódzki Poland (PL) Space Regatta Consortium (SRC) / Консорциум "Космическая регата" Russian Federation (RU) Stefan Batory Academy of Applied Sciences / Akademia Nauk Stosowanych Stefana Batorego Poland (PL) Max-Planck-Institut für Physik (Werner-Heisenberg-Institut, MPP) / Max Planck Institute for Physics Germany (DE) Università degli Studi di Catania Italy (IT) Royal Institute of Technology / Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH) Sweden (SE) University of Montpellier / Université Montpellier France (FR) University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) United States (USA) (US) Konan University / 甲南大学 Japan (JP) Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) Korea, Republic of (KR) Università degli Studi di Roma 'Tor Vergata' Italy (IT) Università del Salento Italy (IT) École Polytechnique - Université Paris-Saclay France (FR) City University of New York (CUNY) United States (USA) (US)

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APA:

Abdullahi, M., Abrate, M., Adams, J.H., Allard, D., Alldredge, P., Aloisio, R.,... Zuccon, P. (2025). Statistical analysis and correction of the pile-up effect in MAPMT single photoelectron counting with the SPACIROC-3 ASIC: application to the Mini-EUSO experiment. In Proceedings of Science. Geneva, CHE: Sissa Medialab Srl.

MLA:

Abdullahi, M., et al. "Statistical analysis and correction of the pile-up effect in MAPMT single photoelectron counting with the SPACIROC-3 ASIC: application to the Mini-EUSO experiment." Proceedings of the 39th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2025, Geneva, CHE Sissa Medialab Srl, 2025.

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