A ring imaging Cherenkov detector for the AMS experiment: Simulation and prototype

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

Volumn 433, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 172-177

  Ren, Z ^a   Ballon, J ^a   Barrau, A ^a   Berger, J ^a   Blanc, R ^a   Buenerd M ^a   Gallin Martel, L ^a   Menchaca Rocha, A ^a   Ohlsson Malek, F ^a   Pouxe, J ^a   Stassi, P ^a   Thuillier, T ^a  

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

Author keywords

Antimatter; Cosmic ray; Proximity RICH; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CERENKOV COUNTERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS;

RING IMAGING CHERENKOV (RICH) DETECTORS;

COSMIC RAY DETECTORS;

EID: 18144449305     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(99)00353-8     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. S. Ahlen et al., Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 350 (1994) 351.
2. Z. Ren, M. Buenerd, Simulation study of a proximity RICH counter for the AMS experiment, ISN Report 98-96, October 21, 1998; in preparation for Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A.
3. M. Buenerd, Z. Ren, Optical dispersion of aerogel in the RICH simulation, AMS internal report, August 1998.
4. Handbook of Optics, McGraw Hill ed., New York, 1995.
5. D.E. Fields et al., Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 349 (1994) 431-437.
6. A.R. Buzykaev et al., Nucl. Instr. and Meth., these proceedings.
7. F. Malek et al., ISN report 98-107, November 1998; and in preparation for Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A.
8. P. Stassi et al., Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 433 (1999) 444.