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An aerogel Cherenkov detector for multi-GeV photon detection with low sensitivity to neutrons
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- We describe a novel photon detector which operates under an intense flux of neutrons. It is composed of lead-aerogel sandwich counter modules. Its salient features are high photon detection efficiency and blindness to neutrons. As a result of Monte Carlo (MC) simulations, the efficiency for photons with the energy larger than 1 GeV is expected to be higher than 99.5% and that for 2 GeV/$c$ neutrons less than 1%. The performance on the photon detection under such a large flux of neutrons was measured for a part of the detector. It was confirmed that the efficiency to photons with the energy $>$1 GeV was consistent with the MC expectation within 8.2% uncertainty.<br />Comment: 16 pages, 16 figures, submitted to Prog. Theor. Exp. Phys
- Subjects :
- Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
High Energy Physics - Experiment
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Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.1412.6880
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ptep/ptv074