Micropattern gaseous photon detectors for Cherenkov imaging counters

被引:42
作者
Alexeev, M. [2 ,11 ]
Birsa, R. [1 ]
Bradamante, F. [1 ,12 ]
Bressan, A. [1 ,12 ]
Chiosso, M. [10 ,11 ]
Ciliberti, P. [1 ,12 ]
Croci, G. [4 ]
Colantoni, M. L. [11 ]
Dalla Torre, S. [1 ]
Pinto, S. Duarte [4 ]
Denisov, O. [11 ]
Diaz, V. [1 ]
Duic, V. [1 ,12 ]
Ferrero, A. [10 ,11 ]
Finger, M. [7 ,8 ]
Finger, M., Jr. [7 ,8 ]
Fischer, H. [5 ]
Giacomini, G. [3 ]
Giorgi, M. [1 ,12 ]
Gobbo, B. [1 ]
Heinsius, F. H. [5 ]
Herrmann, F. [5 ]
Koenigsmann, K. [5 ]
Kramer, D. [6 ]
Lauser, L. [5 ]
Levorato, S. [1 ,12 ]
Maggiora, A. [11 ]
Martin, A. [1 ,12 ]
Menon, G. [1 ]
Mutter, A. [5 ]
Nerling, F. [5 ]
Panzieri, D. [2 ]
Pesaro, G. [1 ,12 ]
Polak, J. [1 ,6 ]
Rocco, E. [10 ,11 ]
Ropeleswki, L. [4 ]
Sauli, F. [9 ]
Sbrizzai, G. [1 ,12 ]
Schiavon, P. [1 ,12 ]
Schill, C. [5 ]
Schopferer, S. [5 ]
Slunecka, M. [7 ,8 ]
Sozzi, F. [1 ,12 ]
Steiger, L. [7 ,8 ]
Sulc, M. [6 ]
Takekawa, S. [1 ,12 ]
Tessarotto, F. [1 ]
Wolllny, H. [5 ]
机构
[1] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Trieste, Trieste, Italy
[2] Univ E Piemonte, Alessandria, Italy
[3] Univ Bari, Bari, Italy
[4] CERN, European Org Nucl Res, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
[5] Univ Freiburg, Inst Phys, Freiburg, Germany
[6] Tech Univ Liberec, Liberec, Czech Republic
[7] Charles Univ Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
[8] JINR, Dubna, Russia
[9] TERA Fdn, Navarra, Spain
[10] Univ Turin, Turin, Italy
[11] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Torino, I-10125 Turin, Italy
[12] Univ Trieste, Trieste, Italy
关键词
COMPASS; RICH; Photon detection; Thick GEM; CsI photoconverter; HADRON BLIND DETECTOR; RICH DETECTOR; PHENIX EXPERIMENT; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; CSI PHOTOCATHODES; COMPASS RICH-1; JEFFERSON-LAB; KAON PHYSICS; HALL-A; PERFORMANCE;
D O I
10.1016/j.nima.2010.02.171
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
We are developing a detector of single photons for application in Cherenkov imaging counters, based on the use of a multilayer architecture of THGEM electron multipliers coupled to a solid state CsI photocathode. The main goals of our project are ion feedback suppression down to a few per cent level, large gain, fast response, good time resolution, insensitivity to magnetic field and large detector size. We report about the project status and perspectives. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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