A HIGH-RESOLUTION QUARTZ CERENKOV DETECTOR FOR RELATIVISTIC HEAVY-IONBEAMS

Authors
DEBBE R MUNTZ C CUMMING JB
Citation
R. Debbe et al., A HIGH-RESOLUTION QUARTZ CERENKOV DETECTOR FOR RELATIVISTIC HEAVY-IONBEAMS, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 403(2-3), 1998, pp. 256-262
Citations number
2
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
403
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
256 - 262
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1998)403:2-3<256:AHQCDF>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
A quartz-based Cerenkov beam detector with photomultiplier readout was constructed for relativistic heavy ion experiments. it was successful ly used to detect interactions of 2, 4 and 10.4 AGeV kinetic energy go ld projectiles in Au targets, The charge resolution of 1.4e for gold i ons permits its use to form a minimum-bias first-level interaction tri gger. Gain and charge resolution were very stable for a two month peri od, during which a total number of similar to 10(11) gold ions passed through the detector. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserv ed.