Extensive particle identification with TPC and TOF at the STAR experiment

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

Volumn 558, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 419-429

  Shao, Ming ^a,b   Barannikova, Olga ^c   Dong, Xin ^a,d   Fisyak, Yuri ^b   Ruan, Lijuan ^a,b   Sorensen, Paul ^d   Xu, Zhangbu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

dE dx; Particle identification; STAR; TOF; TPC

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; GOLD; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CHARGED HADRONS; PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION (PID); STAR;

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

EID: 33644557110     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2005.11.251     Document Type: Article

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