Aerogel as radiator of rich detectors

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De Leo, R [1 ]
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[1] Univ Bari, Dept Phys, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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INNOVATIVE DETECTORS FOR SUPERCOLLIDERS | 2004年 / 25卷
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10.1142/9789812702951_0020
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TH7 [仪器、仪表];
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0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
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The recent improvement of the silica aerogel optical properties has firmly assessed the use of this material as radiator of RICH detectors. In this paper the measurements necessary to perform a complete optical characterization of aerogel are reviewed. The results are used to analyze the performance of the focused RICH of HERMES, which is employing a large volume of aerogel produced from Matsushita Co. (Japan) in 1998. Based on this study, the performance of the LHCb focused RICH-1, which will likely employ aerogel produced in BINP (Novosibirsk), are predicted. Finally, recent results from BELLE, suggesting the possible use of aerogel as radiator of a proximity focusing RICH detector, are discussed.
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