A threshold Cherenkov detector for K+/π+ separation using silica aerogel

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作者
Siudak, R. [1 ,2 ]
Budzanowski, A. [2 ]
Chatterjee, A. [6 ]
Clement, H. [10 ]
Dorochkevitsch, E. [10 ]
Ernst, J. [1 ]
Hawranek, P. [4 ]
Hinterberger, F. [1 ]
Jahn, R. [1 ]
Jarczyk, L. [4 ]
Joosten, R. [1 ]
Kilian, K. [3 ]
Kirillov, Di. [5 ]
Kliczewski, S. [2 ]
Kolev, D. [9 ]
Kravcikova, M. [7 ]
Machner, H. [3 ]
Magiera, A. [4 ]
Martinska, G.
Massmann, F. [1 ]
Munkel, J. [1 ]
Piskunov, N. [5 ]
Protic, D. [3 ]
Ritman, J. [3 ]
von Rossen, P. [3 ]
Roy, B. [6 ]
Sitnik, I. [5 ]
Slepnev, I. [5 ]
Smyrski, J. [4 ]
Tsenov, R. [9 ]
Ulbrich, K. [1 ]
Urban, J. [8 ]
Vankova, G. [9 ]
Wagnerj, G. J. [10 ]
Ziegler, R. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Bonn, Helmholtz Inst Strahlen, D-5300 Bonn, Germany
[2] PAN, Inst Nucl Phys, Krakow, Poland
[3] Forschungszentrum Julich, Inst Kernphys, Julich, Germany
[4] Jagiellonian Univ, Inst Phys, Krakow, Poland
[5] Joint Inst Nucl Res, Lab High Energies, Dubna, Russia
[6] BARC, Div Nucl Phys, Bombay, Maharashtra, India
[7] Tech Univ Kosice, Kosice, Slovakia
[8] Univ Kosice, Kosice, Slovakia
[9] Univ Sofia, Fac Phys, BU-1126 Sofia, Bulgaria
[10] Univ Tubingen, Inst Phys, D-72074 Tubingen, Germany
关键词
Threshold Cherenkov detector; Silica aerogel; Reaction pp -> K+(Lambda p); K+/pi(+) separation;
D O I
10.1016/j.nima.2008.08.129
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
A new threshold Cherenkov detector has been built for the detection of charged pions in the focal plane of a magnetic spectrograph. Silica aerogel with refractive index of n = 1.05 is applied as a radiator. The detector exhibits a very high detection efficiency for pions with momenta >= 900MeV/c. Using two Cherenkov detectors in series a very high pion suppression factor of 10(5) was achieved. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:311 / 316
页数:6
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