Production and performance measurement of multipurpose silica aerogel Cherenkov counter

Author

Ito, H. ; Han, Shuo ; Iijima, S. ; Kawai, Hiroyuki ; Kumoagoshi, D. ; Kodama, Shinsuke ; Masse, K. ; Tabata, Makoto

Author_Institution

Grad. Sch., Sci. Chiba Univ., Chiba, Japan

fYear

2013

fDate

Oct. 27 2013-Nov. 2 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

We are developing a multi-purpose aerogel Cherenkov counter (M-ACC). M-ACC is a particle identification (PID) device which works in a narrow space and can cover large area with arbitrary shapes. It can also function in a magnetic field. M-ACC has a light guide comprising wavelength shifting fibers (WLSF), and its application is π/K identification in high-energy physics experiments, β-ray detection from radioisotope, and so on. We concretely propose a design of M-ACC for LEPS II project. We produced a prototype M-ACC, and measured the performance of it in the LEPS beam line.

Keywords

Cherenkov counters; aerogels; LEPS II project; LEPS beam line; M-ACC; WLSF; arbitrary shapes; beta-ray detection; high-energy physics experiments; magnetic field; multipurpose silica aerogel Cherenkov counter; particle identification device; radioisotope; wavelength shifting fibers; Color; Laser beams; Measurement by laser beam; Photonics; Prototypes; Radiation detectors; Refractive index;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

Seoul

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0533-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2013.6829686

Filename

6829686