Performance of the CLEO III LiF-TEA Ring Imaging Cherenkov Detector in a High Energy Muon Beam

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26 October 1999

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.hep-ex/9910054

Abstract

The CLEO III Ring Imaging Cherenkov detector uses LiF radiators to generate Cherenkov photons which are then detected by proportional wire chambers using a mixture of CH$_4$ and TEA gases. The first two photon detector modules which were constructed, were taken to Fermilab and tested in a beam dump that provided high momentum muons. We report on results using both plane and "sawtooth" shaped radiators. Specifically, we discuss the number of photoelectrons observed per ring and the angular resolution. The particle separation ability is shown to be sufficient for the physics of CLEO III.

Keywords

RING IMAGING CHERENKOV
CHERENKOV DETECTOR
CLEO III
PHOTON
TEA
LIF

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Version 1, 1999-10-26, ArXiv
Published version: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 441 (3), 374.

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