Published December 21, 1996 | Version v1
Journal article

Capillary detectors in LHC-B

  • 1. Lausanne Univ. (Switzerland). Inst. de Physique Nucleaire
  • 2. Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Universita di Roma 'La Sapienza' and Sezione INFN di, Roma (Italy)

Description

The option to build the LHC-B microvertex detector making use of glass capillary arrays filled with liquid scintillator is presented. The principle and advantages of this technique are described. The status of the development of capillary layers and possible readout techniques are reported. Physics performances are discussed. (orig.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Journal Volume
384
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 179-184.
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAER

Conference

Title
4. international workshop on B-physics at hadron machines (Beauty-4).
Dates
17-21 Jun 1996.
Place
Rome (Italy).

Optional Information

Collaborations
RD46 Collaboration.