TY - JOUR
T1 - A start-timing detector for the collider experiment PHENIX at RHIC-BNL
AU - Ikematsu, K.
AU - Iwata, Y.
AU - Kaimi, K.
AU - Kaneta, M.
AU - Kohama, T.
AU - Maeda, N.
AU - Matsukado, K.
AU - Ohnishi, H.
AU - Ono, K.
AU - Sakaguchi, A.
AU - Sugitate, T.
AU - Sumi, Y.
AU - Takata, Y.
AU - Tanabe, M.
AU - Yokoro, A.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study has beenm otivatedf or the PHENIX experimenta t BNL-RHIC, and the authors are most gratefult o the entireP HENIX collaboration for invaluabled iscussionsd uringt he studiesa nd in particularf or the permissiont o use the picture of Fig. 1. The authors also express their sincere thankst o Prof. J. Chiba and the staff of the KEK 12GeV PS facility for their excellentw ork and support.T hey are also indebtedt o Dr. K. Foley and Dr. E. Asher for their kind offer sharingt he heavy-ion beam at MPS-AGS. Their gratitudei s also extendedt o the MPS technicals taffsf or their invaluable support. Data analysis was primarily carried out at the Data-AnalysisL aboratory for High-Energy Physics. Hiroshima University.T his work is supportedb y a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(0 5452029b)y the Ministry of Education, Science,S ports and Culture,J apan and in part by the US-Japan High Energy PhysicsC ollaboration Treaty.
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - We describe a start-timing detector for the PHENIX experiment at the relativistic heavy-ion collider RHIC. The role of the detector is to detect a nuclear collision, provide precise time information with an accuracy of 50 ps, and determine the collision point along the beam direction with a resolution of a few cm. Technical challenges are that the detector must be operational in a wide particle-multiplicity range in a high radiation environment and a strong magnetic field. We present the performance of the prototype and discuss the final design of the detector,
AB - We describe a start-timing detector for the PHENIX experiment at the relativistic heavy-ion collider RHIC. The role of the detector is to detect a nuclear collision, provide precise time information with an accuracy of 50 ps, and determine the collision point along the beam direction with a resolution of a few cm. Technical challenges are that the detector must be operational in a wide particle-multiplicity range in a high radiation environment and a strong magnetic field. We present the performance of the prototype and discuss the final design of the detector,
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U2 - 10.1016/S0168-9002(98)00307-6
DO - 10.1016/S0168-9002(98)00307-6
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0032116006
SN - 0168-9002
VL - 411
SP - 238
EP - 248
JO - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
JF - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
IS - 2-3
ER -