Published April 21, 1995 | Version v1
Journal article

High rate multiplicity detector for relativistic heavy-ion collisions

  • 1. Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)
  • 2. Yale University, A.W. Wright Nuclear Structure Laboratory, New Haven, CT 06511 (United States)
  • 3. University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
  • 4. KEK National High Energy Physics, Tsukuba (Japan)
  • 5. University of California Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, CA (United States)
  • 6. Waseda University, Science and Engineering Research Institute, Waseda (Japan)
  • 7. University of Tokyo, Tokyo (Japan)
  • 8. Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (United States)
  • 9. Universities Space Research Association/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD (United States)
  • 10. Columbia University, Nevis Laboratory, Irvington, NY (United States)
  • 11. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (United States)

Description

We have constructed and operated a detector to measure the multiplicity of secondary particles produced in nucleus-nucleus collisions in the E878 experiment at the Brookhaven National Laboratory AGS facility. We describe the operation and performance of the detector in a high rate Au beam environment, and interpret the multiplicity data in terms of the impact parameters of the nucleus-nucleus collisions. ((orig.))

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Journal Volume
357
Journal Issue
2-3
Journal Page Range
p. 283-291.
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAER

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Collaborations
E878 Collaboration.