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| Article | |
| Title | Performance of a prototype RICH detector using hybrid photo-diodes |
| Author(s) | Albrecht, E ; Barber, G J ; Bibby, J H ; Brook, N H ; Duane, A ; French, M ; Gibson, V ; Giles, R ; Halley, A W ; Harnew, N ; John, M ; Miller, D G ; O'Shea, V ; Teixeira-Dias, P ; Smale, N J ; Websdale, David M ; Wilkinson, G R ; Wotton, S A |
| Affiliation | (CERN) |
| Publication | 2001 |
| Imprint | 2001 |
| In: | Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., A 456 (2001) 190-205 |
| DOI | 10.1016/S0168-9002(00)00742-7 |
| Subject category | Detectors and Experimental Techniques |
| Accelerator/Facility, Experiment | CERN LHC ; LHCb |
| Abstract | A prototype Ring-Imaging Cherenkov detector has been operated in a charged particle test beam, Cherenkov photons are imaged onto a plane of hybrid photo-diode detectors. The geometrical arrangement of the prototype and data-taking conditions are described. An analysis of the detector performance, using silica aerogel, air and C/sub 4/F/sub 10/ gas radiators, is presented. The photon yields and observed Cherenkov angle resolutions are found to be in good agreement with Monte Carlo simulation and satisfy the requirements of the RICH 1 detector in the LHCb experiment. (14 refs). |