The BLAST Cherenkov detectors

Authors

B. Tonguc
R. Alarcon
T. Botto
John R. Calarco, University of New HampshireFollow
A. Degrush
O. Filoti
E. Geis
J. Kelsey
J. Prince
E. Six
C. Vidal

Abstract

We report on the design, construction, and operation of a large array of diffusely reflective aerogel Cherenkov detectors. They are part of the detector instrumentation of the Bates Large Acceptance Spectrometer Toroid (BLAST) at the MIT-Bates Linear Accelerator Center. The Cherenkov detectors are used for particle identification. They are able to discriminate between pions and electrons with momenta up to 700 MeV/c. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Department

Physics

Publication Date

11-11-2005

Journal Title

Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment

Publisher

ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1016/j.nima.2005.08.060

Document Type

Article

Recommended Citation

Tonguc, B.; Alarcon, R.; Botto, T.; Calarco, John R.; Degrush, A.; Filoti, O.; Geis, E.; Kelsey, J.; Prince, J.; Six, E.; and Vidal, C., "The BLAST Cherenkov detectors" (2005). Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment. 95.
https://scholars.unh.edu/physics_facpub/95

Rights

Copyright 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved