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A Study of an Acrylic Cerenkov Radiation Detector

Physics Education 2009-06-02 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment Instrumentation and Detectors
Authors: B. Porter , P. Auchincloss , P. de Barbaro , A. Bodek , H. Budd
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Abstract

An experiment investigating the angle of Cerenkov light emitted by 3-MeV electrons traversing an acrylic detector has been developed for use in the advanced physics laboratory course at the University of Rochester. In addition to exploring the experimental phenomena of Cerenkov radiation and total internal reflection, the experiment introduces students to several experimental techniques used in actual high energy and nuclear physics experiments, as well as to analysis techniques involving Poisson statistics. [to be published in Am. J. Phys. 67 (Oct/Nov 1999).]

Keywords

imaging atmospheric cherenkov telescopes electron emission radiation emission

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@article{arxiv.physics/9908049,
  title  = {A Study of an Acrylic Cerenkov Radiation Detector},
  author = {B. Porter and P. Auchincloss and P. de Barbaro and A. Bodek and H. Budd},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/9908049},
  year   = {2009}
}

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