DocumentCode
1079178
Title
A Cherenkov Radiation Detector With High Density Aerogels
Author
Cremaldi, Lucien ; Sanders, David A. ; Sonnek, Peter ; Summers, Don J. ; Reidy, Jim, Jr.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of Mississippi, University, MS
Volume
56
Issue
3
fYear
2009
fDate
6/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1475
Lastpage
1478
Abstract
We have designed a threshold Cherenkov detector at the Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory to identify muons with momenta between 230 and 350 MeV/c. We investigated the properties of three aerogels for the design. The nominal indices of refraction were n = 1.03, 1.07, 1.12, respectively. Two of the samples are of high density aerogel not commonly used for Cherenkov light detection. We present results of an examination of some optical properties of the aerogel samples and present basic test beam results.
Keywords
Cherenkov counters; aerogels; muons; refractive index; Cherenkov radiation detector; Rutherford-Appleton laboratory; high density aerogels; muons; optical properties; refractive index; Cooling; Extraterrestrial measurements; Light scattering; Mesons; Optical reflection; Optical refraction; Optical scattering; Particle beam measurements; Radiation detectors; Silicon compounds; Aerogels; Cherenkov detectors; mesons; particle beam measurements; particle identification;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9499
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TNS.2009.2021266
Filename
5076027
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