Design and construction of the fast photon detection system for COMPASS RICH-1

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

Volumn 616, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-37

  Abbon, P ^k   Alexeev, M ^a   Angerer, H ⁱ   Birsa, R ^o   Bordalo, P ^g   Bradamante, F ⁿ   Bressan, A ⁿ   Chiosso, M ^l   Ciliberti, P ⁿ   Colantoni, M ^m   Dafni, T ^k   Dalla Torre, S ^o   Delagnes, E ^k   Denisov, O ^m   Deschamps, H ^k   Diaz, V ^o   Dibiase, N ^l   Duic, V ⁿ   Eyrich, W ^d   Ferrero, A ^l   Finger, M ^j   Finger Jr , M ^j   Fischer, H ^e   Gerassimov, S ⁱ   Giorgi, M ⁿ   Gobbo, B ^o   Hagemann, R ^e   von Harrach, D ^h   Heinsius, F H ^e   Joosten, R ^b   Ketzer, B ⁱ   Kolosov, V N ^c   Konigsmann K ^e   Konorov, I ⁱ   Kramer, D ^c,f   Kunne, F ^k   Lehmann, A ^d   Levorato, S ⁿ   Maggiora, A ^m   Magnon, A ^k   Mann, A ⁱ   Martin, A ⁿ   Menon, G ^o   Mutter, A ^e   Nahle O ^b   Nerling, F ^e   Neyret, D ^k   Panzieri, D ^a   Paul, S ⁱ   Pesaro, G ⁿ   Pizzolotto, C ^d   Polak, J ^f,o   Rebourgeard, P ^k   Robinet, F ^k   Rocco, E ^l   Schiavon, P ⁿ   Schill, C ^e   Schoenmeier, P ^d   Schroder W ^d   Silva, L ^g   Slunecka, M ^j   Sozzi, F ⁿ   Steiger, L ^j   Sulc, M ^f   Svec, M ^f   Takekawa, S ⁿ   Tessarotto, F ^o   Teufel, A ^d   Wollny, H ^e   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c CERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF LIBEREC   (Czech Republic)

^g LIP   (Portugal)

^h JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

ⁱ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^j CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^k CEA SACLAY   (France)

^l UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^m SEZIONE DI TORINO   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^o SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

COMPASS; Multi anode photo multiplier; Particle identification; Quartz lens telescope; RICH

Indexed keywords

CHERENKOV; COMPASS EXPERIMENT; DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FAST RESPONSE; HIGH RATE CAPABILITY; PARTICLE IDENTIFICATIONS; PHOTO MULTIPLIER TUBE; PHOTON DETECTION; PHOTON DETECTOR; PHOTON YIELD; QUARTZ LENS; QUARTZ LENS TELESCOPE; READOUT ELECTRONICS; RICH;

DETECTORS; FREQUENCY MULTIPLYING CIRCUITS; LENSES; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; OXIDE MINERALS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; QUARTZ;

PHOTONS;

EID: 77950338224     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2010.02.069     Document Type: Article

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