USE OF AEROGEL FOR IMAGING CHERENKOV COUNTERS

Authors
FIELDS DE VANHECKE H BOISSEVAIN J JACAK BV SONDHEIM WE SULLIVAN JP WILLIS WJ WOLF K NOTEBOOM E PETERS PM BURKE R
Citation
De. Fields et al., USE OF AEROGEL FOR IMAGING CHERENKOV COUNTERS, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 349(2-3), 1994, pp. 431-437
Citations number
22
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
349
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
431 - 437
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1994)349:2-3<431:UOAFIC>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
In the past, detectors using silica aerogel as a Cherenkov radiator tr eated this material as a diffuse source of Cherenkov photons. In this paper we report on measurements made to explore the feasibility of usi ng aerogel for imaging Cherenkov purposes. The results of the measurem ents are reproduced by a detailed Monte Carlo. This allows us to ident ify parameters critical for the use of aerogel as a radiator in imagin g detectors. We conclude that commercially available aerogel can be us ed for these purposes.