Published November 7, 2011 | Version v1
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Advantages and Limitations of the RICH Technique for Particle Identification

  • 1. Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Description

The ring imaging Cherenkov (RICH) technique for hadronic particle identification (PID) is described. The advantages and limitations of RICH PID counters are compared with those of other classic PID techniques, such as threshold Cherenkov counters, ionization loss (dE/dx) in tracking devices, and time of flight (TOF) detectors.

Availability note (English)

Available from Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment; Volume 595, No.1, pages 1-7 (21 Sep 2008)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
7 p.
Report number
SLAC-REPRINT--2011-048

Conference

Title
6. International Workshop on Ring Imaging Cherenkov Counters
Acronym
RICH 2007
Dates
15-20 Oct 2007
Place
Trieste (Italy)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
43003058
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
CHERENKOV COUNTERS; ENERGY LOSSES; PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION
Descriptors DEC
LOSSES; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; RADIATION DETECTORS

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
AC02-76SF00515
Funding organization
US Department of Energy (United States)