The Ring Imaging Cherenkov detectors of LHCb will use pixel Hybrid Photon Detectors to measure the spatial position of Cherenkov photons. The first six pre-production photon detectors have been tested in a beam, together with prototypes of the on-detector electronics. The tests were performed at CERN using 10 GeV=c pions together with an N2 gas radiator as a source of Cherenkov light. With 1.1 m of radiator, around 10 photoelectrons were detected per track. The single-photon Cherenkov angle resolution was measured to be 1:66 0:03 mrad, which is dominated by the pixelisation of the photon detector in the test-beam set-up. Both numbers agree with expectations.
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Titolo: | Performance of the LHCb RICH photodetectors in a charged particle beam |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2007 |
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Abstract: | The Ring Imaging Cherenkov detectors of LHCb will use pixel Hybrid Photon Detectors to measure the spatial position of Cherenkov photons. The first six pre-production photon detectors have been tested in a beam, together with prototypes of the on-detector electronics. The tests were performed at CERN using 10 GeV=c pions together with an N2 gas radiator as a source of Cherenkov light. With 1.1 m of radiator, around 10 photoelectrons were detected per track. The single-photon Cherenkov angle resolution was measured to be 1:66 0:03 mrad, which is dominated by the pixelisation of the photon detector in the test-beam set-up. Both numbers agree with expectations. |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11567/348485 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 01.01 - Articolo su rivista |