Quenching the scintillation in CF$_4$ Cherenkov gas radiator

CF 4 is used as a Cherenkov gas radiator in one of the Ring Imaging Cherenkov detectors at the LHCb experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. CF 4 is well known to have a high scintillation photon yield in the near and far VUV, UV and in the visible wavelength range. A large flux of scintillatio...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Blake, T, D׳Ambrosio, C, Easo, S, Eisenhardt, S, Fitzpatrick, C, Forty, R, Frei, C, Gibson, V, Gys, T, Harnew, N, Hunt, P, Jones, C R, Lambert, R W, Matteuzzi, C, Muheim, F, Papanestis, A, Perego, D L, Piedigrossi, D, Plackett, R, Powell, A, Topp-Joergensen, S, Ullaland, O, Websdale, D, Wotton, S A, Wyllie, K
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2015
Materias:
Detectors and Experimental Techniques
Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2015.04.020
http://cds.cern.ch/record/2153741
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Sumario:CF 4 is used as a Cherenkov gas radiator in one of the Ring Imaging Cherenkov detectors at the LHCb experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. CF 4 is well known to have a high scintillation photon yield in the near and far VUV, UV and in the visible wavelength range. A large flux of scintillation photons in our photon detection acceptance between 200 and 800 nm could compromise the particle identification efficiency. We will show that this scintillation photon emission system can be effectively quenched, consistent with radiationless transitions, with no significant impact on the photons resulting from Cherenkov radiation.

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