Ring imaging Cherenkov detector of PHENIX experiment at RHIC

Authors
Akiba, Y Begay, R Burward-Hoy, J Chappell, R Crook, D Ebisu, K Emery, MS Ferriera, J Frawley, AD Hamagaki, H Hara, H Hayano, RS Hemmick, TK Hibino, M Hutter, R Kennedy, M Kikuchi, J Matsumoto, T Moscone, CG Nagasaka, Y Nishimura, S Oyama, K Sakaguchi, T Salomone, S Shigaki, K Tanaka, Y Walker, JW Wintenberg, AL Young, GR
Citation
Y. Akiba et al., Ring imaging Cherenkov detector of PHENIX experiment at RHIC, NUCL INST A, 433(1-2), 1999, pp. 143-148
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Spectroscopy /Instrumentation/Analytical Sciences","Instrumentation & Measurement
Journal title
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
ISSN journal
01689002 → ACNP
Volume
433
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
143 - 148
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(19990821)433:1-2<143:RICDOP>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
The RICH detector of the PHENIX experiment at RHIC is currently under const ruction. Its main function is to identity electron tracks in a very high pa rticle density, about 1000 charged particles per unit rapidity, expected in the most violent collisions at RHIC. The design and construction status of the detector and its expected performance are described. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.