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A fast ring-imaging Cherenkov counter for a fixed-target heavy-quark experiment

Creators

  • 1. Northern Illinois Univ., De Kalb, IL (United States)
  • 2. Abilene Christian Univ., TX (United States)
  • 3. California Univ., Los Angeles, CA (United States)
  • 4. Fermi National Accelerator Lab., Batavia, IL (United States)
  • 5. South Carolina Univ., Columbia, SC (United States)

Description

We present a design for a fast ring-imaging Cherenkov counter operating in the visible. The Cherenkov photons are imaged on an array of small Winston cones and read out with optical fibers and VLPCs. the design is optimized for π/K/p separation in the range 10 < p < 100 GeV/c

Availability note (English)

MF available from INIS under the Report Number; OSTI as DE93016471; NTIS; INIS; US Govt. Printing Office Dep.

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Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
6 p.
Report number
FNAL/C--93/148

Conference

Title
1. workshop on rich detectors.
Dates
1-5 Jun 1993.
Place
Bari (Italy).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
24070251
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
CHERENKOV COUNTERS; DESIGN; IMAGE PROCESSING; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTODETECTORS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; QUARKS
Descriptors DEC
EFFICIENCY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; FIBERS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; POSTULATED PARTICLES; RADIATION DETECTORS

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract AC02-76CH03000
Funding organization
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States).
Secondary number(s)
CONF-9306188--1.