Author/Authors :
Tonguc، نويسنده , , B. and Alarcon، نويسنده , , R. E. Botto، نويسنده , , T. and Calarco، نويسنده , , J. and Degrush، نويسنده , , A. and Filoti، نويسنده , , O. and Geis، نويسنده , , Burton E. and Kelsey، نويسنده , , J. and Prince، نويسنده , , Wim J. and Six، نويسنده , , E. and Vidal، نويسنده , , C.، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
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.
