Conveners
Cherenkov
- Samo Korpar (Jozef Stefan Institute (SI))
Nicolas Lurkin
(University of Birmingham (GB))
2/16/16, 2:00 PM
Cherenkov Detectors
Talk
The Cherenkov detector identifying kaons in the beam line of the NA62 experiment will be presented. The main goal of the NA62 experiment at the CERN SPS accelerator is to measure the branching ratio of the ultra-rare $K^+ \rightarrow \pi^+ \nu \bar{\nu}$ decay with $10\%$ accuracy. NA62 uses a 750MHz high-energy un-separated charged hadron beam, with kaons corresponding to $\sim 6 \%$ of the...
Ana Ros Garcia
(University of Bristol (GB))
2/16/16, 2:25 PM
Cherenkov Detectors
Talk
The TORCH time-of-flight (TOF) detector is being developed to provide particle identification between 2-10 GeV/c momentum for a flight distance of 10 m. It has been proposed for the upgrade of the LHCb experiment to complement the particle identification capabilities of the RICH detectors. TORCH is designed for large-area coverage, up to 30$\rm m^2$, and has a DIRC-like construction with 10 mm...
Prof.
Pier Simone Marrocchesi
(University of Siena (IT) and INFN Pisa)
2/16/16, 2:50 PM
Cherenkov Detectors
Talk
A prototype of a Focused Internal Reflection Cherenkov, equipped with 16 arrays of NUV-SiPM, was tested at CERN SPS in March 2015 with beams of relativistic ions at 13 and 30 GeV/n obtained from fragmentation of an Ar primary beam. The detector, designed to identify cosmic nuclei, features a Fused Silica radiator bar optically connected to a cylindrical mirror, of the same material, and an...
Piergiulio Lenzi
(Universita e INFN, Firenze (IT))
2/16/16, 3:15 PM
Cherenkov Detectors
Talk
We present the CLASSIC R&D for the development of a Silicon Carbide (SiC) based
avalanche photodiode for the detection of Cherenkov light.
SiC is a wide-bandgap semiconductor material, which, thanks to the 3.3 eV
bandgap, is insensitive to visible light. A SiC based light detection device
has a peak sensitivity in the deep UV, around 280 nm, making it ideal for Cherenkov
light....