Liquid noble gas detectors for low energy particle physics

V Chepel, H Araújo - Journal of Instrumentation, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
We review the current status of liquid noble gas radiation detectors with energy threshold in
the keV range, which are of interest for direct dark matter searches, measurement of …

Performance of a quintuple-GEM based RICH detector prototype

M Blatnik, K Dehmelt, A Deshpande… - … on Nuclear Science, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cerenkov technology is often the optimal choice for particle identification in high energy
particle collision applications. Typically, the most challenging regime is at high …

Measurements of photoelectron extraction efficiency from CsI into mixtures of Ne with CH4, CF4, CO2 and N2

J Escada, LCC Coelho, T Dias, JAM Lopes… - Journal of …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
Experimental measurements of the extraction efficiency f of the UV-induced photoelectrons
emitted from a CsI photocathode into gas mixtures of Ne with CH 4, CF 4, CO 2 and N 2 are …

Results from a prototype combination TPC Cherenkov detector with GEM readout

B Azmoun, K Dehmelt, TK Hemmick… - … on Nuclear Science, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A combined time projection chamber-Cherenkov (TPCC) prototype detector has been
developed as part of the detector research and development program for a future electron …

Advances in charged particle identification techniques

E Nappi - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research …, 2011 - Elsevier
The steady progress made over the past years in the design of innovative particle
identification detectors has allowed to achieve relevant physics results in various …

A Measurement of the Scintillation Light Yield in Using a Photosensitive GEM Detector

B Azmoun, A Caccavano, M Rumore… - … on Nuclear Science, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The absolute photon yield of scintillation light produced by highly ionizing particles in pure
CF 4 has been measured using a photosensitive Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) detector …

Development of a gaseous photon detector for Cherenkov imaging applications

E Rocco - 2010 - cds.cern.ch
This thesis is dedicated to the R&D activity aiming at a novel micro pattern gaseous photon
detector based on the THick Gas Electron Multiplier (THGEM). The goal application of the …

Study of electron focusing in thick GEM based photon detectors using semitransparent photocathodes

G Baishali, V Radhakrishna, V Koushal… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2013 - Elsevier
The detection efficiency of a GEM based UV sensitive gaseous photomultiplier (GPM)
depends on the focusing of electrons from the drift gap to the GEM aperture. We have …

Initial performance of the PHENIX hadron blind detector at RHIC

C Woody, B Azmoun, CY Chi, Z Citron… - 2009 IEEE Nuclear …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The PHENIX Hadron Blind Detector (HBD) was successfully operated during the 2009 high
energy polarized proton run at RHIC. This was the first data taking run after the detector was …

[PDF][PDF] HBD HV Control and Monitoring System for the PHENIX Experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider

M Proissl - 2011 - dspace.sunyconnect.suny.edu
Relativistic heavy ion collisions have proven to be an excellent method to explore nuclear
matter under extreme conditions. According to Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD), quarks …