Proximity focusing RICH with flat panel PMT (Hamamatsu H8500) as photon detector and aerogel radiator

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

Volumn 525, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 158-162

  Pestotnik, R ^a   Adachi, I ^b   Fratina, S ^a   Iijima, T ^c   Ishibashi, R ^d   Kawai, H ^d   Korpar, S ^a,e   Krizan P ^a,f   Ogava, S ^g   Matsumoto, T ^h   Saitoh, S ^b   Seki, T ^h   Staric M ^a   Stanovnik, A ^a,f   Sumiyoshi, T ^h   Suzuki, K ^b   Tabata, T ^d   Uchida, Y ⁱ   Unno, Y ^d  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^g TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ NONE

Author keywords

Aerogel; Belle; Flat panel PMT; Particle identification; Proximity focusing; Ring imaging Cherenkov counter

Indexed keywords

AEROGELS; ANODES; DENSITY (OPTICAL); OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHOTONS; RADIATORS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TESTING;

BELLE; FLAT PANEL PMT; PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION; PROXIMITY FOCUSSING; RING IMAGING CHERENKOV COUNTERS;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 3343022851     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2004.03.040     Document Type: Conference Paper

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