Published November 15, 1986 | Version v1
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A water Cherenkov counter sensitive to nonwaveshifted ultraviolet Cherenkov photons

Creators

  • 1. Indiana Univ., Bloomington (USA). Dept. of Physics
  • 2. Indiana Univ., Bloomington (USA). Dept. of Astronomy
  • 3. Boston Univ., MA (USA). Dept. of Physics
  • 4. California Univ., Berkeley (USA). Dept. of Physics
  • 5. Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor (USA). Dept. of Physics

Description

We describe a prototype water Cherenkov counter which has been built and tested with relativistic cosmic ray muons. An analysis of the expected photoelectron yield is described. The predicted result of 315±31 photoelectrons is compared with the experimental result of 272±30 photoelectrons. We find that over 70% of the Cherenkov photons detected have wavelengths less than 400 nm. (orig.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. A
Journal Volume
252
Journal Issue
1
Series
Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. A.
Journal Page Range
112-118
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAE

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Netherlands
INIS RN
18019849
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
CHERENKOV COUNTERS; COSMIC RAY DETECTION; MUON DETECTION; NEAR ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; PHOTOELECTRIC EMISSION; PULSES; RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTRA; VISIBLE SPECTRA; WATER
Descriptors DEC
CHARGED PARTICLE DETECTION; DETECTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTRON EMISSION; EMISSION; FUNCTIONS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT; POLAR SOLVENTS; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATIONS; SOLVENTS; SPECTRA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION