Published May 11, 1996 | Version v1
Journal article

A study of the timing characteristics of scintillator counters with fine-mesh photomultiplier tubes

  • 1. Maryland Univ., College Park, MD (United States). Dept. of Physics

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We report on a study of the precision of Time-Of-Flight measurements using plastic scintillator counters with Fine Mesh Photomultiplier Tubes (FM PMT). This work was part of an investigation of several techniques considered for hadron identification in the B factory detector (BaBar) at SLAC. In cosmic ray tests of prototype counters we achieved a time resolution of 91 ps with a 3.0 m long counter and 70 ps with a 1.0 m long counter. (orig.)

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Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Journal Volume
374
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 57-62.
ISSN
0168-9002
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NIMAER