π/K/p identification with a large-aperture ring-imaging cherenkov counter

Adams, M. R.; Bastin, A.; Coutrakon, G.; Glass, H.; Jaffe, D. E.; Kirz, Janos; McCarthy, R. L.; Hubbard, John R.; Mangeot, Ph.; Mullié, J.; Peisert, A.; Tichit, J.; Bouclier, R.; Charpak, G.; Santiard, J.C.; Sauli, F.; Crittenden, J.; Kaplan, D. M.; Brown, C. N.; Childress, S.; Finley, D. A.; Ito, A. S.; Jonckheere, A.; Jöstlein, H.; Lederman, L. M.; Orava, R.; Smith, S. R.; Sugano, K.; Ueno, K.; Maki, A.; Hemmi, Y.; Miyake, Kazumasa; Nakamura, Takashi; Sasao, N.; Sakai, Y.; Gray, R.; Plaag, R. E.; Rothberg, J.; Young, K. K.

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“…Several years ago, Charpak and Sauli [2] introduced the Multi-Step Chamber (MSC) as a way to overcome some limitations of gain in Parallel Plate and Multi-Wire Proportional Chambers (MWPC); two parallel grid electrodes, mounted in the drift region of a conventional gas detector and operated as parallel plate multipliers, allow to pre-amplify drifting electrons and transfer them into the main detection element. Operated with a photo-sensitive gas mixture, the MSC allows to reach gains large enough for single photon detection in Ring Imaging Cherenkov (RICH) detectors [3].…”

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The gas electron multiplier (GEM)

Bouclier

Garrido

Dominik

et al. 1997

IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.

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We describe operating priciples and results obtained with a new detector component: the Gas Electrons Multiplier (GEM). Consisting of a thin composite sheet with two metal layers separated by a thin insulator, and pierced by a regular matrix of open channels, the GEM electrode, inserted on the path of electrons in a gas detector, allows to transfer the charge with an amplification factor approaching ten. Uniform response and high rate capability are demonstrated. Coupled to another device, multiwire or micro-strip chamber, the GEM electrode permit to obtain higher gains or less critical operation; separation of the sensitive (conversion) volume and the detection volume has other advantages, as a built-in delay (useful for triggering purposes) and the possibility of applying high fields on the photocathode of ring imaging detectors to improve efficiency.Multiple GEM grids in the same gas volume allow to obtain large amplification factors in a succession of steps, leading to the realization of an effective gas-filled photomultiplier. AbstractWe describe operating principles and results obtained with a new detector element: the Gas Electrons Multiplier (GEM) [1]. Consisting of a thin composite sheet with two metal layers separated by a thin insulator, and pierced by a regular matrix of open channels, the GEM electrode, inserted on the path of electrons in a gas detector, allows to transfer the charge with an amplification factor approaching ten. Uniform response and high rate capability are demonstrated. Coupled to another device, multiwire or micro-strip chamber, the GEM electrode permits to obtain higher gains or less critical operation; separation of the sensitive (conversion) volume and the detection volume has other advantages: a built-in delay (useful for triggering purposes), and the possibility of applying high fields on the photo-cathode of ring imaging detectors to improve efficiency.Multiple GEM grids in the same gas volume allow to obtain large amplification factors in a succession of steps, leading to the realization of an effective gas-filled photomultiplier.

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The gas electron multiplier (GEM)

Bouclier

Garrido

Dominik

et al. 1997

IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.

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“…the particle can be identified; also possible is the opposite, knowing (or assuming) m β or p can be obained. The first RICH detector showing a scatter plot of ring radius versus momentum with real experiment data is the E605 RICH detector [11] in 1983, with < N ph >= 2.7, where the curves for π and K can barely be seen. 20 years later, in 2003, SELEX published [12] a plot with all 16 stable particles clearly visible in the scatter plot.…”

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“…5. the E605 RICH detector [11] in 1983, with < N ph >= 2.7, where the curves for π and K can barely be seen. 20 years later, in 2003, SELEX published [12] a plot with all 16 stable particles clearly visible in the scatter plot.…”

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“…As mentioned earlier, a first generation of RICH detectors were employed in experiments in the early 1980's. Examples include Fermilab E605 [11], experiments WA69 [17] and WA82 [18] at the CERN Omega-Spectrometer, and Fermilab E665 [19]. These detectors suffered from operational problems, and only had a limited contribution to the physics results of the experiments.…”

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Cherenkov light imaging—Fundamentals and recent developments

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2011

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“…Gaseous photon detectors have been used in the first generation of RICH counters (E605 [1], DELPHI [2], OMEGA [3] SLD [4], etc.) with photoconverting vapors added to the detector gas mixture, while in the second generation of RICH counters they have mostly been coupled to a solid state photoconverter (HADES [5], COMPASS [6], STAR [7], JLab-HallA [8], ALICE [9], etc.).…”

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Development of THGEM-based photon detectors for Cherenkov Imaging Counters

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The development of a large size gaseous detector of single photons, able to stably operate at high gain and high rate, and to provide good time resolution and insensitivity to magnetic field would be beneficial to future Cherenkov Imaging Counters. The detector could be based on the use of a multilayer architecture of THGEM electron multipliers coupled to a solid state CsI photocathode. A systematic study of the response of THGEM-based counters versus the geometrical

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π/K/p identification with a large-aperture ring-imaging cherenkov counter

Cited by 31 publications

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The gas electron multiplier (GEM)

The gas electron multiplier (GEM)

Cherenkov light imaging—Fundamentals and recent developments

Development of THGEM-based photon detectors for Cherenkov Imaging Counters

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