Aerogel Cherenkov counter for the BELLE detector

被引:62
作者
Iijima, T
Adachi, I
Enomoto, R
Suda, R
Sumiyoshi, T
Leonidopoulos, C
Marlow, DR
Prebys, E
Kawai, H
Kurihara, E
Nanao, M
Suzuki, K
Unno, Y
Ogawa, S
Murakami, A
Khan, MHR
机构
[1] KEK, High Energy Accelerator Res Org, Natl Lab High Energy Phys, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3050801, Japan
[2] Princeton Univ, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA
[3] Chiba Univ, Chiba 2638522, Japan
[4] Toho Univ, Funabashi, Chiba 274, Japan
[5] Saga Univ, Saga 840, Japan
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D O I
10.1016/S0168-9002(00)00652-5
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
In the BELLE experiment at the KEK B-factory, a threshold aerogel Cherenkov counter, with refractive index from 1.010 to 1.030, is used to provide pi /K separation in the momentum region up to 3.5 GeV/c. The detector system has been constructed, installed into the BELLE detector, and then commissioned with cosmic rays and beams. This paper presents a brief explanation of the detector system and its performance obtained in early BELLE physics runs. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:321 / 325
页数:5
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