PERFORMANCE OF THE NOMAD TRANSITION RADIATION DETECTOR

Authors
BASSOMPIERRE G BUNYATOV S FAZIO T GAILLARD JM GOUANERE M MANOLAPOGGIOLI E MOSSUZ L MENDIBURU JP NEDELEC P NEFEDOV Y PESSARD H SILLOU D VALUEV V VERKINDT D
Citation
G. Bassompierre et al., PERFORMANCE OF THE NOMAD TRANSITION RADIATION DETECTOR, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 411(1), 1998, pp. 63-74
Citations number
20
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
411
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
63 - 74
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1998)411:1<63:POTNTR>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
The NOMAD experiment includes a transition radiation detector that pro vides a 10(3) pion rejection factor, for a 90% electron identification efficiency. Such a rejection factor is required in the search for v(m u) --> v(tau) oscillations in the tau electron decay channel and in th e search for v(mu) --> v(c) oscillations. Algorithms used for the elec tron-pion discrimination and results obtained on the data are describe d. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.