8–10 Apr 2013
University of Liverpool
Europe/London timezone

Measuring the photon yield in the RICH subdetectors at LHCb

10 Apr 2013, 08:57
12m
Central Teaching Hub (University of Liverpool)

Central Teaching Hub

University of Liverpool

Parallel Track 1 Track 1

Speaker

Indrek Sepp (Imperial College Sci., Tech. & Med. (GB))

Description

The RICH is a subdetector of the LHCb experiment, it is used to distinguish between Pions,Kaons and Protons in a momentum range of 1-100 GeV. The RICH detects Cherenkov radiation which is emitted by particles as they pass through gas and aerogel mediums. The performance of the detector is dependent on the photon yield - the number of Cherenkov photons that are detected by the RICH. This presentation describes the statistical technique which is used to measure the photon yield.

Primary author

Indrek Sepp (Imperial College Sci., Tech. & Med. (GB))

Presentation materials