Author/Authors :
Baldo-Ceolin، نويسنده , , M. and Barichello، نويسنده , , G. and Bobisut، نويسنده , , F. and Bonesini، نويسنده , , M. and De Min، نويسنده , , A. and Ferri، نويسنده , , A.F. and Gibin، نويسنده , , D. and Guglielmi، نويسنده , , A. and Laveder، نويسنده , , M. and Menegolli، نويسنده , , A. and Mezzetto، نويسنده , , M. and Paganoni، نويسنده , , M. and Paleari، نويسنده , , F. and Pepato، نويسنده , , A. and Tonazzo، نويسنده , , A. and Vascon، نويسنده , , M.، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
The construction and performance of a large area scintillator-based time-of-flight detector for the HARP experiment at CERN are reported. An intrinsic counter time resolution of ∼160 ps was achieved. The precision on the time calibration and monitoring of the detector was maintained at better than 100 ps by using dedicated cosmic rays runs, a fast laser-based system and calibrations with beam particles. The detector was operated on the T9 PS beamline during 2001 and 2002. A time-of-flight resolution of ∼200 ps was obtained, providing π/p discrimination at more than 3σ up to 4.0 GeV/c momentum.
