Monte Carlo studies of the COMPASS RICH 1 optical properties

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

Volumn 433, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 401-405

  Baum, G ^a   Birsa, R ^b   Bradamante, F ^b   Bressan, A ^b,g   Colavita, A ^c   Costa, S ^d   Dalla Torre, S ^b   Fauland, P ^a   Finger, M ^e,f   Fratnik, F ^c   Giorgi, M ^b   Gobbo, B ^b,g   Grasso, A ^d   Lamanna, M ^b,g   Martin, A ^b   Menon, G ^b   Panzieri, D ^d   Schiavon, P ^b   Tessarotto, F ^b   Zanetti, A M ^b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^e CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^f JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^g CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MIRRORS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PARTICLE SEPARATORS; PHOTODETECTORS;

RING IMAGING CHERENKOV (RICH) DETECTORS;

CERENKOV COUNTERS;

EID: 0032650866     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: None    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(99)00299-5     Document Type: Article

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