A new charged-particle veto detector for the photon spectrometer TAPS has b
een designed, tested and manufactured. The hexagonal plastic scintillators
of 5mm thickness are read-out via green emitting wavelength-shifting fibers
and multi-anode photomultipliers.
The concept, the performance of prototypes tested with high energy electron
s and cosmic muons and the final design are presented. The limitations of f
ast and compact multi-anode metal case photomultipliers are discussed in de
tail.