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DIRC Particle Identification System for the BABAR Experiment.

DE2004827315

Publication Date	2004
Personal Author	Adam, I.; Aleksan, R.; Amerman, L.; Antokhin, E.; Aston, D.; Bailly, P.
Page Count	88
Abstract	A new type of ring-imaging Cherenkov detector is being used for hadronic particle identification in the BABAR experiment at the SLAC B Factory (PEP-II). This detector is called DIRC, an acronym for Detection of Internally Reflected Cherenkov (Light). This paper will discuss the construction, operation and performance of the BABAR DIRC in detail.
Keywords	Cherenkov counters Performance Particle identification Hadrons PEP storage rings Fabrication Operation BaBar
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, CA.; Ecole Polytechnique, Paris (France).; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.; Budker Inst. of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk (Russia).; Lawrence Berkeley National Lab., CA.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with Lawrence Berkeley National Lab., CA., Budker Inst. of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk (Russia). and Ecole Polytechnique, Paris (France). Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200509

DIRC Particle Identification System for the BABAR Experiment.

DIRC Particle Identification System for the BABAR Experiment.
DE2004827315

Publication Date	2004
Personal Author	Adam, I.; Aleksan, R.; Amerman, L.; Antokhin, E.; Aston, D.; Bailly, P.
Page Count	88
Abstract	A new type of ring-imaging Cherenkov detector is being used for hadronic particle identification in the BABAR experiment at the SLAC B Factory (PEP-II). This detector is called DIRC, an acronym for Detection of Internally Reflected Cherenkov (Light). This paper will discuss the construction, operation and performance of the BABAR DIRC in detail.
Keywords	Cherenkov counters Performance Particle identification Hadrons PEP storage rings Fabrication Operation BaBar
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, CA.; Ecole Polytechnique, Paris (France).; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.; Budker Inst. of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk (Russia).; Lawrence Berkeley National Lab., CA.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with Lawrence Berkeley National Lab., CA., Budker Inst. of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk (Russia). and Ecole Polytechnique, Paris (France). Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200509