DIRC, THE INTERNALLY REFLECTING RING IMAGING CHERENKOV DETECTOR FOR BABAR

Authors
ADAM I ALEKSAN R ASTON D BAILLY P BEIGBEDER C BENAYOUN M BENKEBIL M BONNEAUD G BRETON D BRIAND H BROWN D BOURGEOIS P CHAUVEAU J CIZERON R COHENTANUGI J CONVERY M DAVID P DELAVAISSIERE C DELESQUEN A DELBUONO L FOUQUE G GAIDOT A GASTALDI F GENAT JF GOSSET L HALE D DEMONCHENAULT GH HAMON O KADEL R KADYK J KAROLAK M KAWAHARA H KRUEGER H LEBBOLO H LERUSTE PH LEDIBERDER F LONDON G LONG M LORY J LU A LUTZ AM LYNCH G MCCULLOCH M MCSHURLEY D MALCHOW R MATRICON P MAYER B MEADOWS B NARJOUX JL NOPPE JM OSHATZ D OXOBY G PLANO R PLASZCZYNSKI S PRIPSTEIN M RASSON J RATCLIFF B REIF R RENARD C ROOS L ROUSSOT E SARAZIN X SCHUNE MH SCHWIENING J SEN S SHELKOV V SOKOLOFF M STAENGLE H STILES P STONE R THIEBAUX C TRUONG K TOKI W VASILEIADIS G VASSEUR G VAVRA J VERDERI M VERSILLE S WARNER D WEBER T WEBER TF WENZEL W WILSON R WORMSER G YECHE C YELLIN S ZHANG B ZITO M
Citation
I. Adam et al., DIRC, THE INTERNALLY REFLECTING RING IMAGING CHERENKOV DETECTOR FOR BABAR, IEEE transactions on nuclear science, 45(3), 1998, pp. 657-664
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
IEEE transactions on nuclear science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00189499
Volume
45
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
657 - 664
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-9499(1998)45:3<657:DTIRRI>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
The DIRC is a new type of Cherenkov imaging device that will be used f or the first time in the BABAR detector at the asymmetric B-factory, P EP-II. It is based on total internal reflection and uses long, rectang ular bars made from synthetic fused silica as Cherenkov radiator and l ight guide. The principles of the DIRC ring imaging Cherenkov techniqu e are explained and results from the prototype program are presented. Its choice for the BABAR detector particle identification system is mo tivated, followed by a discussion of the quartz radiator properties an d the detector design.