1ST OBSERVATION OF CHERENKOV RINGS IN A FAST RICH DETECTOR COMBINING A CESIUM IODIDE PHOTOCONVERTER WITH AN ATMOSPHERIC-PRESSURE WIRE CHAMBER

Authors
PIUZ F BRAEM A PAIC G RIBEIRO RS WILLIAMS TD
Citation
F. Piuz et al., 1ST OBSERVATION OF CHERENKOV RINGS IN A FAST RICH DETECTOR COMBINING A CESIUM IODIDE PHOTOCONVERTER WITH AN ATMOSPHERIC-PRESSURE WIRE CHAMBER, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 333(2-3), 1993, pp. 404-412
Citations number
16
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
333
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
404 - 412
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1993)333:2-3<404:1OOCRI>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
A ring imaging Cherenkov detector, combining a sodium fluoride radiato r with a CsI photoconverter evaporated on the pad cathode of a wire ch amber, has been built and tested in a particle beam. Systematic measur ements of the number of photoelectrons per Cherenkov ring indicate tha t the quantum efficiency is 60-70% of the one measured in the same det ector filled with TMAE. The preliminary results demonstrate the techno logical feasibility of large area fast RICH detectors.