Published April 15, 2001
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Journal article
A 50x50 cm2 rich detector prototype for ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions
Creators
- Paic, G.1, 2
- Baechler, J.3
- Hoffmann, M.3
- Schmoetten, E.3
- Bock, R.2
- Hernandez-Benavides, T.2
- Sandoval, A.2
- Dominik, W.4
- Zaganidis, N.4
- Eschke, J.5
- Heck, W.5
- Stock, R.5
- Karabarbounis, A.6
- Pedridis, A.6
- Vasileiadis, G.6
- Vassiliou, M.6
- Le Vine, M.5, 7
- Ljubicic, A. Jr.1
- Vranic, D.1
- Mongelli, M.8
- Nappi, E.8
- Posa, A.8
- Spinelli, P.8
- Panagiotou, A.4, 6
- 1. Institut Rudjer Boskovic, Zagreb (Yugoslavia)
- 2. Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung mbH, Darmstadt (Germany, F.R.)
- 3. Freiburg Univ. (Germany, F.R.)
- 4. European Organization for Nuclear Research, Geneva (Switzerland)
- 5. Frankfurt Univ. (Germany, F.R.)
- 6. Athens Univ. (Greece)
- 7. Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
- 8. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Bari (Italy)
Description
A 50x50 cm2 RICH detector was tested with hadron beams of 200 GeV/c to determine the resolution and efficiency of the system. Single photon detection has been achieved with a multistep avalanche chamber in conjunction with a CCD camera equipped with a 35 mm f/1.4 lens coupled to a two stage image intensifier. The results show that for the number of photons detected with the present setup and the geometry used in proximity focusing a standard deviation of 7.5 mrad per event has been achieved for the reconstruction of the Cherenkov angle. (orig.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Physics, A
- Journal Volume
- 525
- Series
- Nucl. Phys., A.
- Journal Page Range
- 605c-608c
- ISSN
- 0375-9474
- CODEN
- NUPAB
Conference
- Title
- 8. international conference on ultrarelativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions (Quark Matter '90).
- Original Conference Title
- 8. Conference Internationale sur les Collisions d'Ions Ultrarelativistes
- Dates
- 7-11 May 1990.
- Place
- Menton (France).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Netherlands
- INIS RN
- 22069765
- Subject category
- S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- CAMERAS; CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICES; CHARGED PARTICLE DETECTION; CHERENKOV COUNTERS; EFFICIENCY; FOCUSING; GEV RANGE 100-1000; HEAVY ION REACTIONS; IMAGE INTENSIFIERS; KAON DETECTION; LENSES; PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION; PHOTODETECTORS; PION DETECTION; PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS; PROTON DETECTION; RELATIVISTIC RANGE; RESOLUTION; SCATTERPLOTS
- Descriptors DEC
- DETECTION; DIAGRAMS; ENERGY RANGE; GEV RANGE; INFORMATION; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTORS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
Optional Information
- Contract/Grant/Project number
- Contract CEC CI 1-250 YU