Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Experiment
Scientific paper
2003-05-02
Nucl.Instrum.Meth. A515 (2003) 680-700
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Experiment
36 pages, submitted to Nuclear Instruments and Methods A
Scientific paper
The DIRC is a new type of Cherenkov detector that is successfully operating as the hadronic particle identification system for the BABAR experiment at SLAC. The fused silica bars that serve as the DIRC's Cherenkov radiators must transmit the light over long optical pathlengths with a large number of internal reflections. This imposes a number of stringent and novel requirements on the bar properties. This note summarizes a large amount of R&D that was performed both to develop specifications and production methods and to determine whether commercially produced bars could meet the requirements. One of the major outcomes of this R&D work is an understanding of methods to select radiation hard and optically uniform fused silica material. Others include measurement of the wavelength dependency of the internal reflection coefficient, and its sensitivity to surface contaminants, development of radiator support methods, and selection of good optical glue.
Convery M.
Ratcliff B.
Sarazin Xavier
Schwiening Jochen
Va'vra Jerry
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