Status of the DIRC detector at BaBar:: early operational experience

被引:2
作者
Adam, I
Aleksan, R
Aston, D
Benkebil, M
Bernard, D
Bonneaud, G
Briand, H
Brochard, F
Brown, DN
Chauveau, J
Cohen-Tanugi, J
Convery, M
David, P
De Domenico, G
de Lesquen, A
Emery, S
Ferrag, S
Gaidot, A
Geld, T
de Monchenault, GH
Hamon, O
Hoecker, A
Kadel, RW
Kadyk, J
Kalelkar, M
Le Diberder, F
London, G
Lu, A
Lutz, AM
Lynch, G
Mancinelli, G
Martinez-Vidal, F
Meadows, BT
Plano, R
Plaszczynski, S
Pripstein, M
Ratcliff, BN
Roos, L
Roussot, E
Salnikov, A
Schune, MH
Schwiening, J
Shelkov, V
Sokoloff, MD
Spanier, S
Stark, J
Telnov, A
Thiebaux, C
Valassi, A
Vasileaidis, G
机构
[1] Stanford Univ, Stanford Linear Accelerator Ctr, Stanford, CA 94309 USA
[2] CEA Saclay, DAPNIA, SPP, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
[3] Univ Paris Sud, LAL, F-91405 Orsay, France
[4] Ecole Polytech, LPNHE, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
[5] Univ Paris 06, LPNHE, F-75252 Paris 05, France
[6] Univ Paris 07, LPNHE, F-75252 Paris 05, France
[7] Univ Calif Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley Lab, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[8] Univ Cincinnati, Dept Phys, Cincinnati, OH 45221 USA
[9] Rutgers State Univ, Dept Phys, Piscataway, NJ 08855 USA
[10] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Phys, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
[11] Colorado State Univ, Dept Phys, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
Ratcliff; Cherenkov; DIRC; BaBar detector; RICH counter;
D O I
10.1016/S0168-9002(00)00649-5
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
A novel type of Cherenkov ring imaging particle identification system (DIRC) based on the detection of ring images produced in long, fused silica radiator bars is being used to provide hadronic particle identification in the BaBar detector at PEP-TI. The DIRC concept, design, fabrication, and initial performance will be briefly described. The DIRC is now fully commissioned, and has been operating in the BaBar detector on beam line at the PEP-II B Factory since late Spring 1999. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:301 / 307
页数:7
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