TY - JOUR
T1 - Large acceptance forward Cherenkov detector for the BRAHMS experiment at RHIC
AU - Budick, B.
AU - Beavis, D.
AU - Chasman, C.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - A multi-element detector based on Cherenkov radiation in plastic and on photomultiplier tubes has been constructed that is particularly useful in collider experiments. The detector covers the pseudorapidity interval 3.23<η<5.25 with large acceptance for the products of protonproton and heavy ion collisions. The detector's primary purposes are determining the vertex of the interaction, providing a minimum bias trigger, finding the start time for time of flight (and other timing applications), and monitoring the luminosity. Monte Carlo simulations describe the pulse height response of the detector well, as does an analytic expression that has been developed. The detector performed well in the RHIC experiment BRAHMS.
AB - A multi-element detector based on Cherenkov radiation in plastic and on photomultiplier tubes has been constructed that is particularly useful in collider experiments. The detector covers the pseudorapidity interval 3.23<η<5.25 with large acceptance for the products of protonproton and heavy ion collisions. The detector's primary purposes are determining the vertex of the interaction, providing a minimum bias trigger, finding the start time for time of flight (and other timing applications), and monitoring the luminosity. Monte Carlo simulations describe the pulse height response of the detector well, as does an analytic expression that has been developed. The detector performed well in the RHIC experiment BRAHMS.
KW - Cheren kov detectors
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U2 - 10.1016/j.nima.2010.04.024
DO - 10.1016/j.nima.2010.04.024
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77957924543
SN - 0168-9002
VL - 621
SP - 295
EP - 301
JO - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
JF - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
IS - 1-3
ER -