Published May 21, 2009 | Version v1
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Performance of the LHCb RICH photo-detectors and readout in a system test using charged particles from a 25 ns-structured beam

Creators

  • 1. H.H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TL (United Kingdom)
  • 2. CERN, EP Division, 1211 Geneva 23 (Switzerland)
  • 3. Universita di Genova and Sezione INFN, Genova (Italy)
  • 4. Universita di Milano-Bicocca and Sezione INFN, Milano (Italy)
  • 5. Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE (United Kingdom)

Description

The LHCb experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) utilises two Ring Imaging CHerenkov (RICH) detectors for particle identification. To verify that the RICH assembly will perform as expected prior to installation, an array of 48 production Hybrid Photon Detectors and their readout have been tested under realistic running conditions in a 25 ns-structured charged particle beam provided by the SPS facility at CERN. This system test is an important milestone in the overall commissioning of the LHCb detector and demonstrates that all aspects meet the stringent physics requirements of the LHCb experiment.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2009.02.011

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nima.2009.02.011;
PII
S0168-9002(09)00352-0;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Journal Volume
603
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 287-293
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAER

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41033259
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
BEAMS; CERN; CERN LHC; CHARGED PARTICLES; CHERENKOV COUNTERS; PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION; PERFORMANCE; PHOTODETECTORS; READOUT SYSTEMS
Descriptors DEC
ACCELERATORS; CYCLIC ACCELERATORS; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; RADIATION DETECTORS; STORAGE RINGS; SYNCHROTRONS

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Copyright
Copyright (c) 2009 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.