EXPERIMENTAL-STUDY OF AEROGEL CHERENKOV DETECTORS FOR PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION

Authors
ASNER D BUTLER F DOMINICK J FADEYEV V MASEK G NEMATI B SKUBIC P STROYNOWSKI R
Citation
D. Asner et al., EXPERIMENTAL-STUDY OF AEROGEL CHERENKOV DETECTORS FOR PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 374(3), 1996, pp. 286-292
Citations number
7
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
374
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
286 - 292
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1996)374:3<286:EOACDF>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
A feasibility study of using silica aerogel as a radiator in a thresho ld Cherenkov counter was done in preparation for an upgrade of the CLE O detector at CESR. The detector design requires separation of kaons f rom pions in the momentum range of 0.7-2.8 GeV/e with statistical reso lving power of 10(-4) and ability to operate the device in a 1.5 T mag netic field. This note summarizes the results of an R&D and simulation studies as well as a conceptual design that satisfies such requiremen ts.