CERN Accelerating science

Article
Report number	CERN-ALI-98-04 ; CERN-ALICE-PUB-98-04 ; GSI-98-21
Title	Timing below 100 ps with Spark Counters : Work principle and applications
Author(s)	Pestov, Yu N
Affiliation	(CERN)
Publication	1998
Imprint	20 Apr 1998
In:	36th International Winter Meeting on Nuclear Physics, Bormio, Italy, 26 - 31 Jan 1998, pp.604-621
Subject category	Detectors and Experimental Techniques
Accelerator/Facility, Experiment	CERN LHC ; ALICE
Free keywords	counter ; spark
Abstract	The work principle of a spark counter with a localized discharge is described. A review of main counter characteristics as well as the key points of the latest R&D on the counter are presented. Possible large scale spark counter applications for the investigation of ion-ion collisions are discussed: ALICE - a dedicaated heavy-ion experiment at the CERN Large Collider (LHC); the FOPI-Detector at the SIS accelerator of GSI, Darmstadt; NA49 - a fixed target experiment at the CERN-SPS
Copyright/License	Preprint: (License: CC-BY-4.0)