INVESTIGATIONS ON CAPILLARIES FILLED WITH LIQUID SCINTILLATOR FOR HIGH-RESOLUTION PARTICLE TRACKING

被引:7
作者
ARTAMONOV, A
BAHR, J
BIRCKNER, E
ECKART, B
FLEGEL, W
HEMING, M
HILLER, K
NAHNHAUER, R
NASS, P
RUSSO, F
SCHLENSTEDT, S
WILQUET, G
WINTER, K
ZACEK, V
机构
[1] INST HOCHENERGIEPHYS,BERLIN ZEUTHEN,GERMANY
[2] IST NAZL FIS NUCL,NAPLES,ITALY
[3] SCHOTT GLASWERKE,MAINZ,GERMANY
[4] UNIV LIBRE BRUXELLES,INTERUNIV INST HIGH ENERGIES,B-1050 BRUSSELS,BELGIUM
[5] UNIV JENA,O-6900 JENA,GERMANY
[6] NAPLES UNIV,I-80138 NAPLES,ITALY
[7] CERN,CH-1211 GENEVA 23,SWITZERLAND
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10.1016/0168-9002(91)90705-U
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
Glass capillaries filled with liquid scintillators of high refractive index are shown to be efficient optical light guides with surface reflection losses at the core/cladding interface of less than one part in 10(5). In addition new binary liquid scintillator compositions are presented, which are suitable as capillary core medium. Coherent arrays of 20-mu-m diameter capillaries filled with liquid scintillators are technically feasible and could find interesting applications in particle tracking and vertex detection. In particular a massive vertex detector for tau-lepton detection in nu-tau charged current interactions is under investigation.
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页数:10
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