Title :
Aerogel at colliders
Author :
Bellunato, Tito ; Calvi, Marta ; Matteuzzi, Clara ; Musy, Marco ; Perego, Davide Luigi
Author_Institution :
UniversitÃ\xa0 degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 3, 20126 Italy
Abstract :
Recent progress in the application of silica aerogel as Cherenkov radiator for present and future collider experiments are reviewed. A complete characterization of the optical and physical properties of silica aerogel will be described, as well as robustness tests towards potentially aggressive experimental conditions such as high irradiation or exposed to fluorocarbons are reported. Finally, recent tests performed with a multilayer aerogel block will be presented and discussed.
Keywords :
Detectors; Optical filters; Optical refraction; Optical scattering; Optical variables control; Refractive index; Robustness; Silicon compounds; Testing; Wavelength measurement;
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.2008.4774813
