The DIRC counter: A new type of particle identification device for B factories

Conference · Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992

OSTI ID:10195029

Coyle, P ^[1]; Kawahara, H; Mueller, G; Muller, D; Ratcliff, B; Simopoulos, C ^[2]; Lu, A ^[3]; Lynch, G ^[4]

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1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 13 - Marseille (France). Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille
2. Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA (United States)
3. California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics
4. Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (United States)

A very thin, solid radiator, totally internally reflecting, imaging Cherenkov counter (DIRC) is described. this device is well matched to the hadronic charged particle identification requirements at an asymmetric e{sup +}e{sup {minus}}B Factory.

• Research Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00515
• OSTI ID: 10195029
• Report Number(s): SLAC-PUB-6371; LBL-34760; CONF-9306188-4; ON: DE94003449; TRN: 94:000240
• Resource Relation: Conference: 1. workshop on ring imaging Cherenkov (RICH) detectors,Bari (Italy),1-5 Jun 1993; Other Information: PBD: Jul 1992
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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