| Article | |
| Report number | CERN-EP-80-54 |
| Title | A silica aerogel counter for large-acceptance hadron detection |
| Author(s) | Arnault, C ; Barberis, P L ; Bassompierre, Gabriel ; Burkhardt, W ; Coignet, G ; Dosselli, U ; Heusse, P ; Montanet, François ; Schneegans, M |
| Affiliation | (Paris Univ. Orsay) ; (INFN Torino) ; (Torino Univ.) ; (LAPP Annecy) ; (CERN) |
| Publication | 1980 |
| Imprint | 24 Apr 1980 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| In: | Nucl. Instrum. Methods 177 (1980) pp.337-346 Phys. Scr. 23 (1981) pp.710-715 |
| In: | International Conference on Experimentation at LEP, pp.710-15 |
| DOI | 10.1016/0029-554X(80)90043-9 |
| Subject category | Detectors and Experimental Techniques |
| Accelerator/Facility, Experiment | CERN SPS ; EMC NA2 |
| Abstract | In order to study the feasibility of large scale multicell counters, two prototypes with respective detection area 80*40 cm/sup 2/ and 65*31 cm/sup 2/ were constructed. The Cerenkov light produced in silica aerogel of refractive index n=1.03 and diffused in a well optimized box was detected with five quantacon photomultipliers. Results of beam tests concerning the aerogel thickness, the diffusing material and box shape, the influence of the incident particle position and the momentum threshold curves for pi , K and p are presented. The final design of a multicell detection system is given. (6 refs). |
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