Study of RICH Counter with Silica Aerogel Radiator

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作者
Kuratani, A. [1 ]
Adachi, I. [2 ]
Fujita, K. [3 ]
Fukushima, T. [1 ]
Gorisek, A. [5 ]
Hayashi, D. [3 ]
Iijima, T. [3 ]
Ikado, K. [3 ]
Iwabuchi, M. [6 ]
Kawai, H. [1 ]
Korpar, S. [5 ]
Kozakai, Y. [3 ]
Krizan, P. [4 ]
Matsumoto, T. [7 ]
Mazuka, Y.
Nakagawa, T. [7 ]
Nishida, S. [2 ]
Ogawa, S. [6 ]
Pestotnik, R. [5 ]
Seki, T.
Sumiyoshi, T. [7 ]
Tabata, M. [1 ]
Unno, Y. [2 ]
机构
[1] Chiba Univ, Dept Phys, 1-33 Yayoi Cho, Chiba 260, Japan
[2] IPNS, High Energy Accerlator Res Org KEK, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
[3] Nagoya Univ, Dept Phys, Nagoya, Aichi 4648601, Japan
[4] Univ Ljubljana, Fac Math & Phys, Ljubljana 61000, Slovenia
[5] J Stefan Inst Ljubljana, Ljubljana 61000, Slovenia
[6] Toho Univ, Funabashi, Chiba, Japan
[7] Tokyo Metropolitan Univ, Dept Phys, Tokyo, Japan
来源
2006 IEEE NUCLEAR SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM CONFERENCE RECORD, VOL 1-6 | 2006年
基金
日本学术振兴会;
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D O I
10.1109/NSSMIC.2006.356201
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A proximity focusing RICH using aerogel as the Cherenkov radiator is being developed as a new particle identification device for the Belle detector upgrade. A prototype counter was constructed with recently produced aerogel samples, arranged in a focusing configuration, and a test beam experiment was carried out in order to evaluate the performance of the apparatus. With this device we have achieved a pi-K separation that exceeded 5 sigma at 4 GeV/c, with approximate to 9 detected photoelectrons per track. We have also studied the influence of various parameters like radiator refractive index combinations on the performance of the apparatus.
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页数:5
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