Scintillating glass, fiber-optic plate detectors for active target and tracking applications in high energy physics experiments
The authors have studied the performance of scintillating glass fiber-optic plates using 10 GeV/c particles at the SLAC test beam. The plates were composed of: Terbium activated cladded-glass cores in a matrix of 15 ..mu..m spacing; and Cerium activated cladded-glass cores in a matrix of variable spacing 6-10 ..mu..m. The target plates were viewed with a three-stage, gatable image intensifier. Particle tracks and nuclear interactions were recorded on film for both materials. We observe 5 detected hits/mm for minimum ionizing particles for the Tb glass, and 1-2 hits/mm for the Ce glass. The test results indicate that scintillating glass fiber-optic plates can be used as high spatial resolution tracking detectors for both fixed target and colliding beam experiments.
- Research Organization:
- Dept. of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
- OSTI ID:
- 7136436
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-831015-
- Journal Information:
- IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.; (United States), Vol. 31:1; Conference: Nuclear science symposium, San Francisco, CA, USA, 19 Oct 1983
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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