@article{a4cf5b751b9944d1b0e2a4222f0d9b21,
title = "In-situ calibration of the single-photoelectron charge response of the IceCube photomultiplier tubes",
abstract = "We describe an improved in-situ calibration of the single-photoelectron charge distributions for each of the in-ice Hamamatsu Photonics R7081-02[MOD] photomultiplier tubes in the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. The characterization of the individual PMT charge distributions is important for PMT calibration, data and Monte Carlo simulation agreement, and understanding the effect of hardware differences within the detector. We discuss the single photoelectron identification procedure and how we extract the single-photoelectron charge distribution using a deconvolution of the multiple-photoelectron charge distribution.",
keywords = "Detector modelling and simulations II (electric fields, charge transport, multiplication and induction, pulse formation, electron emission, etc), Photon detectors for UV, Visible and IR photons (vacuum) (photomultipliers, HPDs, others)",
author = "{The IceCube Collaboration} and Aartsen, {M. G.} and M. Ackermann and J. Adams and Aguilar, {J. A.} and M. Ahlers and M. Ahrens and C. Alispach and K. Andeen and T. Anderson and I. Ansseau and G. Anton and C. Arg{\"u}elles and J. Auffenberg and S. Axani and P. Backes and H. Bagherpour and X. Bai and Balagopal, {A. V.} and A. Barbano and Barwick, {S. W.} and B. Bastian and V. Baum and S. Baur and R. Bay and Beatty, {J. J.} and Becker, {K. H.} and Tjus, {J. Becker} and S. Benzvi and D. Berley and E. Bernardini and Besson, {D. Z.} and G. Binder and D. Bindig and E. Blaufuss and S. Blot and C. Bohm and M. B{\"o}rner and S. B{\"o}ser and O. Botner and J. B{\"o}ttcher and E. Bourbeau and J. Bourbeau and F. Bradascio and J. Braun and S. Bron and J. Brostean-Kaiser and A. Burgman and J. Buscher and Busse, {R. S.} and E. Resconi",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 IOP Publishing Ltd and Sissa Medialab.",
year = "2020",
month = jun,
doi = "10.1088/1748-0221/15/06/P06032",
language = "English",
volume = "15",
journal = "Journal of Instrumentation",
issn = "1748-0221",
publisher = "IOP Publishing Ltd.",
number = "6",
}