Development of lightweight carbon-fiber mirrors for the RICH 1 detector of LHCb

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

Volumn 593, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 624-637

  Barber, G J ^a   Braem, A ^b   Brook, N H ^c   Cameron, W ^a   D'Ambrosio, C ^b   Harnew, N ^d   Imong, J ^c   Lessnoff, K ^c   Martin, R N ^e   Metlica, F C D ^c   Romeo, R C ^e   Websdale, D ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e Composite Mirror Applications Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon fiber mirrors; CFRP; LHCb; Lightweight mirrors; RICH

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; FIBER OPTICS; MIRRORS; POLYMER BLENDS; SULFATE MINERALS;

CHERENKOV DETECTORS; FIBER MIRRORS; SPHERICAL(PIVOT);

CARBON FIBERS;

EID: 47849105009     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2008.05.050     Document Type: Article

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