Future high energy physics experiments using RICH detectors: The next generation

Conference · Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1995

OSTI ID:114003

Ratcliff, B N

This report describes some features of the new detectors now being constructed for use in high energy physics experiments that utilize RICH counters as a central element. The scope of this discussion is limited only to experiments which have been formally approved for construction as follows: (1) BaBar at PEP-II, which contains a quartz radiator DIRC counter; (2) CLEO III at the CESR upgrade, which utilizes a LiF/TEA Fast RICH; and (3) HERA-B at HERA, which uses a gas radiator RICH with either a TMAE- or a CsI-based photon detector. These experiments have much in common; all emphasize B-physics, run at the luminosity frontier, and plan to take first data either in 1998 or 1999. This review begins with a discussion of the physics goals and experimental context, and then explore the designs which have been chosen to confront the experimental issues. Particular emphasis is placed on the design and expected performance of the RICH detectors in these systems. Due to space limitations, only a few of the recent R and D results not covered elsewhere at the conference can be presented.

• Research Organization: SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00515
• OSTI ID: 114003
• Report Number(s): SLAC-PUB-95-6968; CONF-9506250-2; ON: DE96001022; TRN: 95:023239
• Resource Relation: Conference: RICH `95: workshop on ring imaging detectors, Uppsala (Sweden), 12-16 Jun 1995; Other Information: PBD: Aug 1995
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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44 INSTRUMENTATION
INCLUDING NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE DETECTORS
43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
66 PHYSICS
PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION
CHERENKOV COUNTERS
HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
EXPERIMENT PLANNING
DESIGN
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
PEP STORAGE RINGS
CESR STORAGE RING
HERA STORAGE RING
B MESONS
SI SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS
DRIFT CHAMBERS
SHOWER COUNTERS