VUV absorbing vapours in n-perfluorocarbons

被引:38
作者
Albrecht, E
Baum, G
Bellunato, T
Bressan, A
Dalla Torre, S
D'Ambrosio, C
Davenport, M
Dragicevic, M
Pinto, SD
Fauland, P
Ilie, S
Lenzen, G
Pagano, P
Piedigrossi, D
Tessarotto, F
Ullaland, O [1 ]
机构
[1] CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
[2] Univ Bielefeld, D-4800 Bielefeld, Germany
[3] Univ Trieste, Trieste, Italy
[4] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Trieste, Italy
[5] Berg Univ Gesamthsch Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
关键词
RICH detectors; Cherenkov fluids; fluorocarbons;
D O I
10.1016/S0168-9002(03)01867-9
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
The optical transparency, of perfluorocarbons used as Cherenkov media is of prime importance to many Ring Imaging Cherenkov detectors. We will in this paper show that the main photon absorbers in these fluids are hydrocarbons with double or triple bonds. We will moreover discuss a process which can eliminate these pollutants and restore the intrinsic excellent optical transparency of these fluids in the VUV range. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:262 / 272
页数:11
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