Status of the PANDA barrel DIRC

Kalicy, G. et al. (2014) Status of the PANDA barrel DIRC. Journal of Instrumentation, 9, C05060. (doi: 10.1088/1748-0221/9/05/C05060)

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Abstract

The PANDA experiment at the future Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research in Europe GmbH (FAIR) at GSI, Darmstadt will study fundamental questions of hadron physics and QCD using high-intensity cooled antiproton beams with momenta between 1.5 and 15 GeV/c. Hadronic PID in the barrel region of the PANDA detector will be provided by a DIRC (Detection of Internally Reflected Cherenkov light) counter. The design is based on the successful BABAR DIRC with several key improvements, such as fast photon timing and a compact imaging region. Detailed Monte Carlo simulation studies were performed for DIRC designs based on narrow bars or wide plates with a variety of focusing solutions. The performance of each design was characterized in terms of photon yield and single photon Cherenkov angle resolution and a maximum likelihood approach was used to determine the π/K separation. Selected design options were implemented in prototypes and tested with hadronic particle beams at GSI and CERN. This article describes the status of the design and R&D for the PANDA Barrel DIRC detector, with a focus on the performance of different DIRC designs in simulation and particle beams.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Seitz, Dr Bjoern and Cowie, Dr Euan
Authors: Kalicy, G., Kumawat, H., Schwiening, J., Dzhygadlo, R., Gerhardt, A., Hohler, R., Lehmann, D., Lewandowski, B., Patsyuk, M., Peters, K., Schepers, G., Schmitt, L., Schwarz, C., Traxler, M., Zühlsdorf, M., Dodokhov, V. K., Vodopianov, A., Britting, A., Eyrich, W., Lehmann, A., Uhlig, F., Düren, M., Föhl, K., Hayrapetyan, A., Koch, P., Kröck, B., Merle, O., Cowie, E., Keri, T., Montgomery, R., Rosner, G., Seitz, B., Achenbach, P., Cardinali, M., Hoek, M., Sfienti, C., Thiel, M., Ugur, C., Bühler, P., Gruber, L., Marton, J., Suzuki, K., and Widmann, E.
College/School:College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy
Journal Name:Journal of Instrumentation
Publisher:Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd.
ISSN:1748-0221
ISSN (Online):1748-0221
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 2014 CERN
First Published:First published in Journal of Instrumentation 9:C05060
Publisher Policy:Reproduced under a Creative Commons License

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