The NA62 RICH Detector

Journal Article · Tue Dec 13 00:00:00 EST 2011 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3665310· OSTI ID:22003909

Anzivino, Giuseppina ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics, University of Perugia and INFN, via A. Pascoli, 06123 Perugia (Italy)

The goal of the CERN NA62 experiment is to measure the ultra-rare (Branching Ratio, BR {approx}10{sup -10}) charged kaon decay K{sup +}{yields}{pi}{sup +}vv-bar with an accuracy of 10%. The main background, the K{sup +}{yields}{mu}{sup +}v decay (BR {approx}63%), must be suppressed by a rejection factor of 4x10{sup -13}. This can be accomplished using a combination of several methods and detectors. The RICH detector will contribute to this task and will also provide the pion crossing time with a resolution of the order of 100 ps. The details of the RICH project as well as the results from two different test beams performed on a RICH prototype will be presented.

• OSTI ID: 22003909
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1412, Issue 1; Conference: 11. international conference on applications of nuclear techniques, Crete (Greece), 12-18 Jun 2011; Other Information: (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
ACCURACY
BRANCHING RATIO
CERN
CHERENKOV COUNTERS
KAONS PLUS
MULTIPARTICLE SPECTROMETERS
MUONS PLUS
PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION
PARTICLE PRODUCTION
PIONS
POSITRONS
RESOLUTION