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Detector Seminar
CsI-RICH detectors from R&D to experiments: STAR, HADES, COMPASS, TJNAF/Hall A, ALICE
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Europe/Zurich
13/2-005 (CERN)
Description
The CERN RD-26 project, devoted to the "development of a large area advanced RICH detector for particle identification at the LHC operated with heavy ions", has accomplished a breakthrough in the exploitation of CsI photocathodes for Cherenkov light imaging.
After an overview of the CsI-RICH technique, the major steps of the RD-26 project will be reviewed. Following the R&D phase, culminated with the use of the largest prototype (~ 1 m2) in the STAR experiment at BNL, the ALICE CsI-RICH detector is now under construction. Three other projects in running experiments (HADES, COMPASS, TJNAF-Hall A) have inherited the RD-26 approach, making use of large area CsI gaseous photon detectors with pad MWPC and multiplexed analogue readout. The technical aspects related to the physics programme as well as experimental results will be presented.
Finally, recent developments in Cherenkov light imaging by vacuum devices and new perspectives for CsI-based detectors will be discussed.
After an overview of the CsI-RICH technique, the major steps of the RD-26 project will be reviewed. Following the R&D phase, culminated with the use of the largest prototype (~ 1 m2) in the STAR experiment at BNL, the ALICE CsI-RICH detector is now under construction. Three other projects in running experiments (HADES, COMPASS, TJNAF-Hall A) have inherited the RD-26 approach, making use of large area CsI gaseous photon detectors with pad MWPC and multiplexed analogue readout. The technical aspects related to the physics programme as well as experimental results will be presented.
Finally, recent developments in Cherenkov light imaging by vacuum devices and new perspectives for CsI-based detectors will be discussed.