Title :
System tests of the LHCb RICH detectors in a charged particle beam
Author_Institution :
University of Cambridge, USA
Abstract :
The RICH detectors of the LHCb experiment will provide efficient particle identification over the momentum range 1–100 GeVc. Results are presented from a beam test of the LHCb RICH system using final production pixel Hybrid Photon Detectors, the final readout electronics and an adapted version of LHCb RICH reconstruction software. Measurements of the photon yields and Cherenkov angle resolutions for both nitrogen and C4F10 radiators agree well with full simulations. The quality of the data and the results obtained demonstrate that all aspects meet the stringent physics requirements of the experiment are now ready for first data.
Keywords :
Detectors; Electronic equipment testing; Large Hadron Collider; Mirrors; Particle beams; Physics; Production systems; Silicon; Software testing; System testing;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2008. NSS '08. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Dresden, Germany
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2714-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1095-7863
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4775045
