THE TRANSITION RADIATION DETECTOR IN THE HYPERON BEAM EXPERIMENT WA89AT CERN

Authors
BRUCKNER W KALLAKOWSKY T LAUBER HM MICHAELS R PAUL S POVH B ROHRICH K TROMBINI A
Citation
W. Bruckner et al., THE TRANSITION RADIATION DETECTOR IN THE HYPERON BEAM EXPERIMENT WA89AT CERN, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 378(3), 1996, pp. 451-457
Citations number
11
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
378
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
451 - 457
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1996)378:3<451:TTRDIT>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
A transition radiation detector has been built for the CERN hyperon be am experiment WA89. The task of this detector is to reject at an early trigger stage beam pions, which are more than twice as abundant as hy perons. Special requirements were imposed by the high beam flux and th e need for an early trigger signal. Setup and performance of the detec tor are presented.