Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A
The RICH counter in the CERN hyperon beam experiment
The hyperon beam experiment WA89 at the CERN-SPS uses a ring imaging Cherenkov counter (RICH) for identification of secondaries from ∑- N reactions. Cherenkov photons are generated in a 5 m long radiator volume filled with nitrogen at atmospheric pressure and detected in drift chambers. The drift chambers cover an active surface of 1.6 × 0.75 m2, with a maximum drift path of 41 cm. Photoelectrons are counted on 1280 wires with a pitch of 2.54 mm, equipped with multihit TDCs. The counting gas is ethane saturated with TMAE at 30°C. The counter was operated in two beam periods in 1990 and 1991. The spatial resolution of the chambers is better than 2 mm and under normal running conditions 14 photoelectrons per ring have been detected on average. © 1992.
Electrons; Ethane; Nitrogen; Photons; CERN SPS hyperon beam experiment WA89; Cherenkov photons; Drift chambers; Photoelectrons; Ring imaging Cherenkov counters (RICH); Cerenkov counters
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