Published July 11, 2005
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Journal article
A hadron blind detector for the PHENIX experiment at RHIC
Creators
- 1. Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100 (Israel)
- 2. Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973-5000 (United States)
- 3. KEK, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki-ken 305-0801 (Japan)
- 4. RIKEN, Wako, Saitama 351-0198 (Japan)
- 5. Stony Brook University, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY 11794-3400 (United States)
- 6. University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033 (Japan)
- 7. Waseda University, Tokyo 162-0044 (Japan)
Description
A Hadron Blind Detector (HBD) is being developed for the PHENIX experiment at RHIC. It consists of a Cherenkov radiator operated with pure CF4 directly coupled in a windowless configuration to a triple-GEM detector element with a CsI photocathode and pad readout. The HBD operates in the bandwidth 6-11.5eV (110-200nm). We studied the detector response to minimum ionizing particles and to electrons. We present measurements of the CsI quantum efficiency, which are in very good agreement with previously published results over the bandwidth 6-8.3eV and extend them up to 10.3eV. Discharge probability and aging studies of the GEMs and the CsI photocathode in pure CF4 are presented
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.nima.2005.02.039;
- arXiv
- arXiv:physics/0502008v1;
- PII
- S0168-9002(05)00848-X;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
- Journal Volume
- 546
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Journal Page Range
- p. 466-480
- ISSN
- 0168-9002
- CODEN
- NIMAER
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 37040077
- Subject category
- S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- AGING; BROOKHAVEN RHIC; CARBON TETRAFLUORIDE; ELECTRONS; HADRONS; IONIZATION; PHOTOCATHODES; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; RADIATION DETECTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCELERATORS; CATHODES; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; FLUORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS; HALOGENATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS; HEAVY ION ACCELERATORS; LEPTONS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; RADIATIONS; STORAGE RINGS
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2005 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.