SILICA AEROGEL CERENKOV COUNTER WITH DIFFUSING WALLS

被引:9
作者
CARLSON, PJ [1 ]
POULET, M [1 ]
机构
[1] CERN,CH-1211 GENEVA 23,SWITZERLAND
来源
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS | 1979年 / 166卷 / 03期
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D O I
10.1016/0029-554X(79)90531-7
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
A Cerenkov counter with an active area of 28×80 cm2, using silica aerogel with a refractive index 1.03 is described. The light is collected by diffuse reflecting walls. With 9 cm of aerogel 9 photoelectrons is obtained for β=1 particles. Scintillations in the walls of the detector amounts to a maximum of 0.07 photoelectrons. © 1979.
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页码:425 / 429
页数:5
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