Design of Cherenkov bars for the optical part of the time-of-flight detector in Geant4

Nozka, L.; Brandt, A.; Rijssenbeek, M.; Sykora, T.; Hoffman, T.; Griffiths, J.; Steffens, J.; Hamal, P.; Chytka, L.; Hrabovsky, M.

doi:10.1364/OE.22.028984

Title: Design of Cherenkov bars for the optical part of the time-of-flight detector in Geant4

Abstract

We present the results of studies devoted to the development and optimization of the optical part of a high precision time-of-flight (TOF) detector for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). This work was motivated by a proposal to use such a detector in conjunction with a silicon detector to tag and measure protons from interactions of the type p + p → p + X + p, where the two outgoing protons are scattered in the very forward directions. The fast timing detector uses fused silica (quartz) bars that emit Cherenkov radiation as a relativistic particle passes through and the emitted Cherenkov photons are detected by, for instance, a micro-channel plate multi-anode Photomultiplier Tube (MCP-PMT). Several possible designs are implemented in Geant4 and studied for timing optimization as a function of the arrival time, and the number of Cherenkov photons reaching the photo-sensor.

Authors:

Nozka, L. ^[1]; Brandt, A. ^[2]; Rijssenbeek, M. ^[3]; Sykora, T. ^[4]; Hoffman, T. ^[2]; Griffiths, J. ^[2]; Steffens, J. ^[3]; Hamal, P. ^[1]; Chytka, L. ^[1]; Hrabovsky, M. ^[1]

Palacky Univ., Olomouc (Czech Republic)
Univ. of Texas, Arlington, TX (United States)
Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States)
Palacky Univ., Olomouc (Czech Republic); Charles Univ., Prague (Czech Republic)

Publication Date:: Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2014

Research Org.:: Univ. of Texas, Arlington, TX (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

OSTI Identifier:: 1454699

Grant/Contract Number:: sc0007054

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Optics Express

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 22; Journal Issue: 23; Journal ID: ISSN 1094-4087

Publisher:: Optical Society of America (OSA)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS

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                    Nozka, L., Brandt, A., Rijssenbeek, M., Sykora, T., Hoffman, T., Griffiths, J., Steffens, J., Hamal, P., Chytka, L., and Hrabovsky, M. Design of Cherenkov bars for the optical part of the time-of-flight detector in Geant4.  United States: N. p., 2014. 
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                    Nozka, L., Brandt, A., Rijssenbeek, M., Sykora, T., Hoffman, T., Griffiths, J., Steffens, J., Hamal, P., Chytka, L., & Hrabovsky, M. Design of Cherenkov bars for the optical part of the time-of-flight detector in Geant4.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.22.028984

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                    Nozka, L., Brandt, A., Rijssenbeek, M., Sykora, T., Hoffman, T., Griffiths, J., Steffens, J., Hamal, P., Chytka, L., and Hrabovsky, M. Wed .  
"Design of Cherenkov bars for the optical part of the time-of-flight detector in Geant4".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.22.028984.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1454699.

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  title        = {Design of Cherenkov bars for the optical part of the time-of-flight detector in Geant4},

  author       = {Nozka, L. and Brandt, A. and Rijssenbeek, M. and Sykora, T. and Hoffman, T. and Griffiths, J. and Steffens, J. and Hamal, P. and Chytka, L. and Hrabovsky, M.},

  abstractNote = {We present the results of studies devoted to the development and optimization of the optical part of a high precision time-of-flight (TOF) detector for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). This work was motivated by a proposal to use such a detector in conjunction with a silicon detector to tag and measure protons from interactions of the type p + p → p + X + p, where the two outgoing protons are scattered in the very forward directions. The fast timing detector uses fused silica (quartz) bars that emit Cherenkov radiation as a relativistic particle passes through and the emitted Cherenkov photons are detected by, for instance, a micro-channel plate multi-anode Photomultiplier Tube (MCP-PMT). Several possible designs are implemented in Geant4 and studied for timing optimization as a function of the arrival time, and the number of Cherenkov photons reaching the photo-sensor.},

  doi          = {10.1364/OE.22.028984},

  journal      = {Optics Express},

  number       = 23,

  volume       = 22,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2014},

  month        = {Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2014}

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