DESCRIPTION AND PERFORMANCES OF MACRO TRD

Authors
BELLOTTI R BARBARITO E CAFAGNA F CASTELLANO M DECATALDO G DEMARZO C FAVUZZI C FUSCO P GIGLIETTO N MAZZIOTTA MN PERCHIAZZI M RAINO A SACCHETTI A SPINELLI P
Citation
R. Bellotti et al., DESCRIPTION AND PERFORMANCES OF MACRO TRD, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 360(1-2), 1995, pp. 423-426
Citations number
9
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
360
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
423 - 426
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1995)360:1-2<423:DAPOMT>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
We discuss the applications of a transition radiation detector (TRD) t o measure the residual energy of cosmic rays muons in underground labo ratories and present the first MACRO TRD module. Results from prototyp es operated in a test beam at CERN PS are also given.