Title :
Status of the HMPID CsI-RICH project for ALICE at the CERN/LHC
Author_Institution :
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
Abstract :
The ALICE high momentum particle identification (HMPID) detector, presently under construction, consists of seven identical proximity focusing RICH counters, covering in total 11 m2 and exploiting large area CsI photocathodes for Cherenkov light imaging. The detector design, assembly and quality checks will be presented, with particular emphasis on the CsI photocathodes production and validation procedure. Performance studies in beam tests of the produced detector modules and results on ageing of CsI photocathodes due to ions bombardment will be discussed.
Keywords :
Cherenkov counters; photocathodes; solid scintillation detectors; ALICE high momentum particle identification detector; CERN-LHC; Cherenkov light imaging; CsI photocathode ageing; CsI-RICH project; beam tests; detector modules; ion bombardment; proximity focusing RICH counters; Aging; Assembly; Cathodes; Counting circuits; Detectors; Focusing; Large Hadron Collider; Production; Structural beams; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2004 IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8700-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1082-3654
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2004.1462382
