THE RING IMAGING CHERENKOV DETECTOR FOR THE BRAHMS EXPERIMENT AT RHIC

Authors
DEBBE R GUSHUE S MOSKOWITZ B OLNESS J VIDEBAEK F
Citation
R. Debbe et al., THE RING IMAGING CHERENKOV DETECTOR FOR THE BRAHMS EXPERIMENT AT RHIC, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 371(1-2), 1996, pp. 327-329
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
371
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
327 - 329
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1996)371:1-2<327:TRICDF>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
A ring imaging Cherenkov counter, to be read out by four 100-channel P MTs, is a key element of the BRAHMS experiment. We report here the mos t recent results obtained with a prototype tested at the BNL AGS using several radiator gases, including the heavy fluorocarbon C4F10. Ring radii were measured for different particles (pi(-), mu(-), e(-)) for m omenta ranging from 2 to 12 GeV/e employing pure C4F10 as radiator.