Physics – Instrumentation and Detectors
Scientific paper
2005-04-29
Nucl.Instrum.Meth. A548 (2005) 383-390
Physics
Instrumentation and Detectors
submitted to Nucl. Instr. Meth. A
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.nima.2005.05.030
A proximity focusing ring imaging Cherenkov detector, with the radiator consisting of two or more aerogel layers of different refractive indices, has been tested in 1-4 GeV/c pion beams at KEK. Essentially, a multiple refractive index aerogel radiator allows for an increase in Cherenkov photon yield on account of the increase in overall radiator thickness, while avoiding the simultaneous degradation in single photon angular resolution associated with the increased uncertainty of the emission point. With the refractive index of consecutive layers suitably increasing in the downstream direction, one may achieve overlapping of the Cherenkov rings from a single charged particle. In the opposite case of decreasing refractive index, one may obtain well separated rings. In the former combination an approximately 40% increase in photon yield is accompanied with just a minor degradation in single photon angular resolution. The impact of this improvement on the pion/kaon separation at the upgraded Belle detector is discussed.
Adachi Ichiro
Fratina S.
Fukushima Takehiro
Gorisek A.
Iijima Toru
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