TPC tracking inside a Cherenkov detector

P. Nemethy; J. Kotcher; D. Nesic; T. Edberg; P. Oddone; L. Baksay; R. Magahiz; Z. Egyed; R. Kofler

doi:10.1016/0168-9002(89)91419-8

TPC tracking inside a Cherenkov detector

P. Nemethy, J. Kotcher, D. Nesic, T. Edberg, P. Oddone, L. Baksay, R. Magahiz, Z. Egyed, R. Kofler

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We describe test results on the operation of a time projection chamber incorporated into a Cherenkov counter to track a particle while it is emitting its Cherenkov light. The common Cherenkov and drift chamber medium is high-pressure hydrogen. The ring-imaging counter detects and digitizes Cherenkov photons by means of an image-intensifier and matrix-camera. The TPC measures the particle trajectory without obscuring the Cherenkov light. In a beam of 5.4 GeV/c pions, the particle direction is determined to within 82 μ rad and the particle velocity to within 9 ppm.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	578-581
Number of pages	4
Journal	Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A
Volume	283
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0168-9002(89)91419-8
State	Published - Nov 10 1989

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