AEROGEL CHERENKOV COUNTER FOR THE BELLE EXPERIMENT

Citation
T. Iijima et al., AEROGEL CHERENKOV COUNTER FOR THE BELLE EXPERIMENT, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 379(3), 1996, pp. 457-459
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
379
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
457 - 459
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1996)379:3<457:ACCFTB>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
In the BELLE experiment at KEKB, a threshold Cherenkov counter system based on silica aerogels will be used to provide pi/K separation in th e momentum region from 0.8 to 3.5 GeV/c. The detector design, recent p rogress in R&D and results of beam tests are reviewed.