Construction and expected performance of the hadron blind detector for the PHENIX experiment at RHIC

A. Milov; W. Anderson; B. Azmoun; C. Y. Chi; A. Drees; A. Dubey; M. Durham; Z. Fraenkel; J. Harder; T. Hemmick; R. Hutter; B. Jacak; J. Kamin; A. Kozlov; M. Naglis; P. O'Connor; R. Pisani; V. Radeka; I. Ravinovich; T. Sakaguchi; D. Sharma; A. Sickles; S. Stoll; I. Tserruya; B. Yu; C. Woody

doi:10.1088/0954-3899/34/8/S77

Construction and expected performance of the hadron blind detector for the PHENIX experiment at RHIC

A. Milov
, W. Anderson
, B. Azmoun
, C. Y. Chi
, A. Drees
, A. Dubey
, M. Durham
, Z. Fraenkel
, J. Harder
, T. Hemmick
, R. Hutter
, B. Jacak
, J. Kamin
, A. Kozlov
, M. Naglis
, P. O'Connor
, R. Pisani
, V. Radeka
, I. Ravinovich
, T. Sakaguchi

D. Sharma, A. Sickles, S. Stoll, I. Tserruya, B. Yu, C. Woody

Physics and Astronomy

Brookhaven National Laboratory
Weizmann Institute of Science
Columbia University
Stony Brook University

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

20 Scopus citations

Abstract

A new hadron blind detector (HBD) for electron identification in high density hadron environment has been installed in the PHENIX experiment at RHIC in the fall of 2006. The HBD will identify low momentum electron-positron pairs to reduce the combinatorial background in the e⁺e^- mass spectrum, mainly in the region below 1 GeV/c². The HBD is a windowless proximity-focusing Cherenkov detector with a radiator length of 50 cm, a CsI photocathode and three layers of gas electron multipliers (GEM). Pure CF₄ is used as a radiator and a detector gas. This proceeding describes the construction details and the expected performance of the HBD.

Original language	English
Article number	S77
Pages (from-to)	S701-S704
Journal	Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics
Volume	34
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0954-3899/34/8/S77
State	Published - Aug 1 2007

Access to Document

10.1088/0954-3899/34/8/S77

Cite this

Milov, A., Anderson, W., Azmoun, B., Chi, C. Y., Drees, A., Dubey, A., Durham, M., Fraenkel, Z., Harder, J., Hemmick, T., Hutter, R., Jacak, B., Kamin, J., Kozlov, A., Naglis, M., O'Connor, P., Pisani, R., Radeka, V., Ravinovich, I., ... Woody, C. (2007). Construction and expected performance of the hadron blind detector for the PHENIX experiment at RHIC. Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, 34(8), S701-S704. Article S77. https://doi.org/10.1088/0954-3899/34/8/S77

@article{71d6738e11ab41be92097bcbbb4cd026,

title = "Construction and expected performance of the hadron blind detector for the PHENIX experiment at RHIC",

abstract = "A new hadron blind detector (HBD) for electron identification in high density hadron environment has been installed in the PHENIX experiment at RHIC in the fall of 2006. The HBD will identify low momentum electron-positron pairs to reduce the combinatorial background in the e+e- mass spectrum, mainly in the region below 1 GeV/c2. The HBD is a windowless proximity-focusing Cherenkov detector with a radiator length of 50 cm, a CsI photocathode and three layers of gas electron multipliers (GEM). Pure CF4 is used as a radiator and a detector gas. This proceeding describes the construction details and the expected performance of the HBD.",

author = "A. Milov and W. Anderson and B. Azmoun and Chi, \{C. Y.\} and A. Drees and A. Dubey and M. Durham and Z. Fraenkel and J. Harder and T. Hemmick and R. Hutter and B. Jacak and J. Kamin and A. Kozlov and M. Naglis and P. O'Connor and R. Pisani and V. Radeka and I. Ravinovich and T. Sakaguchi and D. Sharma and A. Sickles and S. Stoll and I. Tserruya and B. Yu and C. Woody",

year = "2007",

month = aug,

day = "1",

doi = "10.1088/0954-3899/34/8/S77",

language = "English",

volume = "34",

pages = "S701--S704",

journal = "Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics",

issn = "0954-3899",

number = "8",

}

Milov, A, Anderson, W, Azmoun, B, Chi, CY, Drees, A, Dubey, A, Durham, M, Fraenkel, Z, Harder, J, Hemmick, T, Hutter, R, Jacak, B, Kamin, J, Kozlov, A, Naglis, M, O'Connor, P, Pisani, R, Radeka, V, Ravinovich, I, Sakaguchi, T, Sharma, D, Sickles, A, Stoll, S, Tserruya, I, Yu, B & Woody, C 2007, 'Construction and expected performance of the hadron blind detector for the PHENIX experiment at RHIC', Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, vol. 34, no. 8, S77, pp. S701-S704. https://doi.org/10.1088/0954-3899/34/8/S77

TY - JOUR

T1 - Construction and expected performance of the hadron blind detector for the PHENIX experiment at RHIC

AU - Milov, A.

AU - Anderson, W.

AU - Azmoun, B.

AU - Chi, C. Y.

AU - Drees, A.

AU - Dubey, A.

AU - Durham, M.

AU - Fraenkel, Z.

AU - Harder, J.

AU - Hemmick, T.

AU - Hutter, R.

AU - Jacak, B.

AU - Kamin, J.

AU - Kozlov, A.

AU - Naglis, M.

AU - O'Connor, P.

AU - Pisani, R.

AU - Radeka, V.

AU - Ravinovich, I.

AU - Sakaguchi, T.

AU - Sharma, D.

AU - Sickles, A.

AU - Stoll, S.

AU - Tserruya, I.

AU - Yu, B.

AU - Woody, C.

PY - 2007/8/1

Y1 - 2007/8/1

N2 - A new hadron blind detector (HBD) for electron identification in high density hadron environment has been installed in the PHENIX experiment at RHIC in the fall of 2006. The HBD will identify low momentum electron-positron pairs to reduce the combinatorial background in the e+e- mass spectrum, mainly in the region below 1 GeV/c2. The HBD is a windowless proximity-focusing Cherenkov detector with a radiator length of 50 cm, a CsI photocathode and three layers of gas electron multipliers (GEM). Pure CF4 is used as a radiator and a detector gas. This proceeding describes the construction details and the expected performance of the HBD.

AB - A new hadron blind detector (HBD) for electron identification in high density hadron environment has been installed in the PHENIX experiment at RHIC in the fall of 2006. The HBD will identify low momentum electron-positron pairs to reduce the combinatorial background in the e+e- mass spectrum, mainly in the region below 1 GeV/c2. The HBD is a windowless proximity-focusing Cherenkov detector with a radiator length of 50 cm, a CsI photocathode and three layers of gas electron multipliers (GEM). Pure CF4 is used as a radiator and a detector gas. This proceeding describes the construction details and the expected performance of the HBD.

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/34547484957

U2 - 10.1088/0954-3899/34/8/S77

DO - 10.1088/0954-3899/34/8/S77

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:34547484957

SN - 0954-3899

VL - 34

SP - S701-S704

JO - Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics

JF - Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics

IS - 8

M1 - S77

ER -

Construction and expected performance of the hadron blind detector for the PHENIX experiment at RHIC

Abstract

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this