The DIRC particle identification system for the BaBar experiment

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

Volumn 538, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 281-357

  Adam, I ^a   Aleksan, R ^b   Amerman, L ^c   Antokhin, E ^d   Aston, D ^a   Bailly, P ^e   Beigbeder, C ^f   Benkebil, M ^f   Besson, P ^b   Bonneaud, G ^g   Bourgeois, Ph ^b   Breton, D ^f   Briand, H ^e   Brochard, F ^g   Brown, D N ^c   Buzykaev, A ^d   Chauveau, J ^e   Cizeron, R ^f   Cohen Tanugi, J ^g   Convery, M ^a   Dardin, S ^c   David, P ^e   De Domenico, G ^b   de la Vaissiere, C ^e   de Lesquen, A ^b   Dohou, F ^g   Doser, M ^a   Emery, S ^b   Ferrag, S ^g   Fouque, G ^g   Gaidot, A ^b   Ganzhur, S ^d   Gastaldi, F ^g   Geld, T ^h   Genat, J F ^e   Giraud, P F ^b   Gosset, L ^b   Grenier, Ph ^g   Haas, T ^a   Hadig, T ^a   Hale, D ⁱ   Hamel de Monchenault, G ^b   Hamon, O ^e   Hartfiel, B ^j   Hast, C ^f   Hoecker, A ^f   John, M ^e   Kadel, R W ^c   Kadyk, J ^c   Karolak, M ^b   Kawahara, H ^a   Krishnamurthy, M ^j   Lacker, H ^f   Lebbolo, H ^e   Le Diberder, F ^e   Legendre, M ^b   Leruste, Ph ^e   Libby, J ^a   London, G W ^b   Long, M ^c   Lory, J ^e   Lu, A ⁱ   Lutz, A M ^f   Lynch, G ^c   Malchow, R ^k   Malcles, J ^e   Mancinelli, G ^h   McCulloch, M ^a   McShurley, D ^a   Martinez Vidal, F ^e   Matricon, P ^g   Mayer, B ^b   Meadows, B T ^h   Mikhailov, S ^d   Mir, Ll L ^c   Muller, D ^a   Noppe, J M ^f   Ocariz, J ^e   Ofte, I ^h   Onuchin, A ^d   Oshatz, D ^c   Oxoby, G ^a   Petersen, T ^f   Pivk, M ^e   Plaszczynski, S ^f   Pope, W ^c   Pripstein, M ^c   Rasson, J ^c   Ratcliff, B N ^g   Rei, R ^g   Renard, P C ^g   Roos, L ^e   Roussot, E ^g   Salnikov, A ^b   Sarazin, X ^a   Schrenk, S ^g   Schune, M H ^f   Schwiening, J ^a   Sen, S ^f   Shelkov, V ^c   Sokoloff, M D ^h   Spanier, S ^j   Staengle, H ^k   Stark, J ^e   Stiles, P ^a   Stone, R ^c   Taylor, J D ^c   Telnov, A V ^c   Therin, G ^e   Thiebaux, Ch ^g   Tocut, V ^f   Truong, K ^f   Turluer, M L ^b   Vallereau, A ^e   Vasileiadis, G ^g   Vasseur, G ^b   Va'vra, J ^a   Verderi, M ^g   Warner, D ^k   Weber, T B ^a   Weber, T F ^c   Wenzel, W A ^c   Wilson, R J ^k   Wormser, G ^f   Yarritu, A ^a   Yeche, Ch ^b   Yelling, S ^k   Zeng, Q ^k   Zhang, B ^e   Zito, M ^b   more..

^a SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d BUDKER INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^g LABORATOIRE LEPRINCE RINGUET   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^k Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Cherenkov; DIRC; Particle identification; PID; RICH; Ring imaging

Indexed keywords

FABRICATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MATRIX ALGEBRA; RESONANCE; STORAGE RINGS;

CHERENKOV; DIRC; PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION; PID; RICH; RING IMAGING;

CERENKOV COUNTERS;

EID: 20144382074     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2004.08.129     Document Type: Article

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