Published July 20, 1991 | Version v1
Journal article

A beam counter for intense muon beams

  • 1. Zurich Univ. (Switzerland). Inst. of Physics
  • 2. ETH Zurich (Switzerland). Inst. fuer Mittelenergiephysik

Description

A plastic beam counter and associated photomultiplier base are constructed for use at intense muon beams (up to several 107 μ-/s). In order to enable a most sensitive recognition of beam background, the beam counter signal is recorded with a fast waveform digitizer. A peak finding routine is developed that makes use of a generalized second-difference signal calculated from the waveform. A rejection of prompt beam background events better than a factor of 100 is achieved. (orig.)

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Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A
Journal Volume
305
Journal Issue
2
Series
Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. A.
Journal Page Range
232-238
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAE