Proximity focusing RICH based on an aerogel Cherenkov radiator has been developed for a new particle identifier in the Belle upgrade. To further improve the detector performance, a new concept for Cherenkov ring imaging has been introduced, where multiple aerogel layers with different indices are ac
Study of a nonhomogeneous aerogel radiator in a proximity focusing RICH detector
✍ Scribed by Peter Križan; Samo Korpar; Toru Iijima
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 182 KB
- Volume
- 565
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0168-9002
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