Published September 13, 2000 | Version v1
Journal article

RICH detectors

Creators

  • 1. INFN, Sez. Bari (Italy)
  • 2. CERN (Switzerland)

Description

Basic principles of the Ring Imaging CHerenkov (RICH) technique are given, the issues of designing devices based on such a technique and the factors which limit the particle discriminating power are discussed. The challenging designs adopted by current experiments are also reviewed

Additional details

Identifiers

Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
536
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 60-86
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
1999 school on instrumentation in elementary particle physics
Dates
28 Jun - 10 Jul 1999
Place
Istanbul (Turkey)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
34072313
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
CHERENKOV COUNTERS; CHERENKOV RADIATION; DESIGN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MULTIPARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; PARTICLE DISCRIMINATION; TELESCOPE COUNTERS
Descriptors DEC
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION; PROCESSING; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATIONS; SPECTROMETERS

Optional Information

Notes
(c) 2000 American Institute of Physics.