The TASSO gas and aerogel Cherenkov counters
Abstract
We describe the gas and erogel threshold Cherenkov counters built for the TASSO experiment at the DESY e +e - storage ring PETRA. The counters are arranged in two diametrically opposed groups as part of the two hadron arms. The gas counters contain Freon 114 and CO 2 respectively; 128 ellipsoidal mirrors focus the Cherenkov light through funnels onto Philips 5″ photomultipliers coated with wavelength shifter. β = 1 charged particles are detected with at least 99.9% efficiency. The aerogel counters are of the diffusing wall type. They have a sensitive area of 12 m 2, divided into 32 cells and use a total of 192 RCA Quantacon 5″ photomultipliers. The average aerogel refractive index is around 1.025. The efficiency for β = 1 charged particles is 98%. Design considerations, prototype evaluation, construction details, and performance of the final counter system are described.
- Publication:
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Nuclear Instruments and Methods
- Pub Date:
- June 1981
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0029-554X(81)90732-1
- Bibcode:
- 1981NucIM.184..319B