Performance of the CLEO IIILiF-TEA ring imaging Cherenkov detector in a high-energy muon beam

被引:11
作者
Artuso, M
Ayad, R
Azfar, F
Efimov, A
Kopp, S
Mountain, R
Majumder, G
Schuh, S
Skwarnicki, T
Stone, S
Viehhauser, G
Wang, JC
Coan, T
Fadeyev, V
Volobouev, I
Ye, J
Anderson, S
Kubota, Y
Smith, A
Lipeles, E
机构
[1] Syracuse Univ, Dept Phys, Syracuse, NY 13244 USA
[2] So Methodist Univ, Dallas, TX 75275 USA
[3] Univ Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
[4] CALTECH, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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D O I
10.1016/S0168-9002(99)00985-7
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
The CLEO III Ring Imaging Cherenkov detector uses LiF radiators to generate Cherenkov photons which are then detected by proportional wire chambers using a mixture of CH4 and TEA gases. The first two photon detector modules which were constructed, were taken to the Fermilab and tested in a beam dump that provided high-momentum muons. We report on results using both plane and "sawtooth"-shaped radiators, Specifically, we discuss the number of photoelectrons observed per ring and the angular resolution. The particle separation ability is shown to be sufficient for the physics of CLEO III. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:374 / 392
页数:19
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