Tests of a proximity focusing RICH with aerogel as radiator

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 50, Issue 4 II, 2003, Pages 1142-1146

  Adachi, I ^g   Bizjak, I ^a   Gorisek A ^a   Iijima, T ^b   Iwamoto, M ^c   Korpar, S ^a,d   Krizan P ^a,e   Pestotnik, R ^a   Staric M ^a   Stanovnik, A ^a,e   Sumiyoshi, T ^f   Suzuki, K ^g   Tabata, T ^c  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^f TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Aerogel; Belle spectrometer; Cherenkov counters; Multi anode photomultiplier tubes (PMTs)

Indexed keywords

CERENKOV COUNTERS; CHARGED PARTICLES; COSMIC RAYS; PHOTOCATHODES; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PHOTONS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; RADIATORS; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SCINTILLATION; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

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EID: 0042928050     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2003.814574     Document Type: Conference Paper

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