Prototype tests and construction of the hadron blind detector for the PHENIX experiment

C. Woody; 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; A. Milov; M. Naglis; P. O'Connor; R. P. Pisani; V. Radeka; I. Ravinovich; T. Sakaguchi; D. Sharma; L. Shekhtman; A. Sickles; S. Stoll; I. Tserruya; B. Yu

doi:10.1109/NSSMIC.2006.354195

Prototype tests and construction of the hadron blind detector for the PHENIX experiment

C. Woody
, 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
, A. Milov
, M. Naglis
, P. O'Connor
, R. P. Pisani
, V. Radeka
, I. Ravinovich

T. Sakaguchi, D. Sharma, L. Shekhtman, A. Sickles, S. Stoll, I. Tserruya, B. Yu

Physics and Astronomy

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

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A Hadron Blind Detector (HBD) has been constructed as part of the detector upgrade program for the PHENIX experiment at RHIC. The HBD is a proximity focused windowless Cherenkov detector operated with pure CF₄ that will be used to detect single and double electrons in relativistic heavy ion collisions and provide additional rejection power against Dalitz pairs and photon conversions. The detector consists of a 50 cm long radiator directly coupled to a set of triple GEM detectors equipped with CsI photocathodes to detect UY photons produced by electrons emitting Cherenkov light. A full scale prototype of the HBD was built and tested in order to study its performance under beam conditions. Tests with the prototype demonstrated good separation between electrons and hadrons using pulse height discrimination and cluster size. The final detector has now been constructed and installed in PHENIX and is presently undergoing commissioning in preparation for its first round of data taking during the next heavy ion run at RHIC. Results of the beam test of the prototype, as well as on the construction and initial testing of the final detector, are presented in this paper.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2006 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium - Conference Record
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	1557-1561
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Print)	1424405610, 9781424405619
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/NSSMIC.2006.354195
State	Published - 2006
Event	2006 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference and 15th International Workshop on Room-Temperature Semiconductor X- and Gamma-Ray Detectors, Special Focus Workshops, NSS/MIC/RTSD - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: Oct 29 2006 → Nov 4 2006

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Name	IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
Volume	3
ISSN (Print)	1095-7863

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Conference	2006 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference and 15th International Workshop on Room-Temperature Semiconductor X- and Gamma-Ray Detectors, Special Focus Workshops, NSS/MIC/RTSD
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego, CA
Period	10/29/06 → 11/4/06

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Woody, C., 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., Milov, A., Naglis, M., O'Connor, P., Pisani, R. P., Radeka, V., ... Yu, B. (2006). Prototype tests and construction of the hadron blind detector for the PHENIX experiment. In 2006 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium - Conference Record (pp. 1557-1561). Article 4179308 (IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record; Vol. 3). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/NSSMIC.2006.354195

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Prototype tests and construction of the hadron blind detector for the PHENIX experiment. / Woody, C.; Anderson, W.; Azmoun, B. et al.
2006 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium - Conference Record. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2006. p. 1557-1561 4179308 (IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record; Vol. 3).

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Woody C, Anderson W, Azmoun B, Chi CY, Drees A, Dubey A et al. Prototype tests and construction of the hadron blind detector for the PHENIX experiment. In 2006 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium - Conference Record. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2006. p. 1557-1561. 4179308. (IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record). doi: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2006.354195

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