Focussing DIRC - A new compact Cherenkov ring imaging device

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 382, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 430-440

  Kamae, T ^a   Arai, K ^a   Ohtsuka, T ^a   Tsuchida, N ^a   Aihara, H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERENKOV COUNTERS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL FIBERS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PARTICLE OPTICS; PARTICLE SEPARATORS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; READOUT SYSTEMS;

CHERENKOV RING IMAGING TECHNIQUE; INTERNALLY REFLECTED CHERENKOV LIGHT; MULTIPLE COULOMB SCATTERING;

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

EID: 0030284799     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(96)00817-0     Document Type: Article

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