Performance of the NOMAD transition radiation detector

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

Volumn 411, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 63-74

  Bassompierre, G ^a   Bunyatov, S ^b   Fazio, T ^a   Gaillard, J M ^a   Gouanere M ^a   Manola Poggioli, E ^a,c   Mossuz, L ^a   Mendiburu, J P ^a   Nedelec P ^a,c   Nefedov, Yu ^b   Pessard, H ^a   Sillou, D ^a   Valuev, V ^a,b,c   Verkindt, D ^a  

^a CENTRE DE CALCUL DE L INSTITUT NATIONAL DE PHYSIQUE NUCLEAIRE ET DE PHYSIQUE DES PARTICULES   (France)

^b JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^c CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Electron identification; Neutrino oscillations; Pion rejection; Transition radiation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; OSCILLATIONS; PARTICLE SEPARATORS;

NEUTRINO OSCILLATION; PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION; TRANSITION RADIATION DETECTORS;

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

EID: 0032121226     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(98)00105-3     Document Type: Article

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