TY - JOUR
T1 - The BLAST Cherenkov detectors
AU - Tonguc, B.
AU - Alarcon, Ricardo
AU - Botto, T.
AU - Calarco, J.
AU - Degrush, A.
AU - Filoti, O.
AU - Geis, E.
AU - Kelsey, J.
AU - Prince, J.
AU - Six, E.
AU - Vidal, C.
PY - 2005/11/11
Y1 - 2005/11/11
N2 - We report on the design, construction, and operation of a large array of diffusely reflective aerogel Cherenkov detectors. They are part of the detector instrumentation of the Bates Large Acceptance Spectrometer Toroid (BLAST) at the MIT-Bates Linear Accelerator Center. The Cherenkov detectors are used for particle identification. They are able to discriminate between pions and electrons with momenta up to 700 MeV/c.
AB - We report on the design, construction, and operation of a large array of diffusely reflective aerogel Cherenkov detectors. They are part of the detector instrumentation of the Bates Large Acceptance Spectrometer Toroid (BLAST) at the MIT-Bates Linear Accelerator Center. The Cherenkov detectors are used for particle identification. They are able to discriminate between pions and electrons with momenta up to 700 MeV/c.
KW - Aerogel
KW - Cherenkov detectors
KW - Diffuse reflection
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U2 - 10.1016/j.nima.2005.08.060
DO - 10.1016/j.nima.2005.08.060
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:27644519750
SN - 0168-9002
VL - 553
SP - 364
EP - 369
JO - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
JF - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
IS - 1-2
ER -