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Title: Particle identification by Cherenkov and transition radiation

Abstract

The Cherenkov counter has a role as a particle identifier for velocities which are too high for Time-of-Flight to be used, and too low for transition radiation detectors to give a useable signal. In beam lines the compensated differential counter is capable of giving the best resolution, but at high momenta the restriction on the spread of particle directions gives unacceptable limits on the beam acceptance. The transition radiation detectors being developed to identify hadrons at relatively low momentum do not have this restriction and might be used instead. For particles produced in an interaction, the ring imaging type of Cherenkov should give the best coverage for multiparticle events, but a threshold counter is much simpler, cheaper and faster where it can give adequate separation. Again at high values of ..gamma.. the resolution of Cherenkov counters will fail and some form of transition radiation detector will be necessary.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Bristol Univ. (UK). H.H. Wills Physics Lab.
OSTI Identifier:
6810502
Report Number(s):
SLAC-PUB-2606
TRN: 80-018849
DOE Contract Number:  
AC03-76SF00515
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; CHERENKOV COUNTERS; PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION; TRANSITION RADIATION DETECTORS; IMAGE PROCESSING; PERFORMANCE; RESOLUTION; USES; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; PROCESSING; RADIATION DETECTORS; 440104* - Radiation Instrumentation- High Energy Physics Instrumentation

Citation Formats

Gilmore, R S. Particle identification by Cherenkov and transition radiation. United States: N. p., 1980. Web. doi:10.2172/6810502.
Gilmore, R S. Particle identification by Cherenkov and transition radiation. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/6810502
Gilmore, R S. 1980. "Particle identification by Cherenkov and transition radiation". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/6810502. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6810502.
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title = {Particle identification by Cherenkov and transition radiation},
author = {Gilmore, R S},
abstractNote = {The Cherenkov counter has a role as a particle identifier for velocities which are too high for Time-of-Flight to be used, and too low for transition radiation detectors to give a useable signal. In beam lines the compensated differential counter is capable of giving the best resolution, but at high momenta the restriction on the spread of particle directions gives unacceptable limits on the beam acceptance. The transition radiation detectors being developed to identify hadrons at relatively low momentum do not have this restriction and might be used instead. For particles produced in an interaction, the ring imaging type of Cherenkov should give the best coverage for multiparticle events, but a threshold counter is much simpler, cheaper and faster where it can give adequate separation. Again at high values of ..gamma.. the resolution of Cherenkov counters will fail and some form of transition radiation detector will be necessary.},
doi = {10.2172/6810502},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6810502}, journal = {},
number = ,
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place = {United States},
year = {Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1980},
month = {Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1980}
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