The current progress of the ALICE Ring Imaging Cherenkov Detector
Abstract
Recently, the last two modules (out of seven) of the ALICE High Momentum Particle Identification detector (HMPID) were assembled and tested. The full detector, after a pre-commissioning phase, has been installed in the experimental area, inside the ALICE solenoid, at the end of September 2006. In this paper we review the status of the ALICE/HMPID project and we present a summary of the series production of the CsI photo-cathodes. We describe the key features of the production procedure which ensures high quality photo-cathodes as well as the results of the quality assessment performed by means of a specially developed 2D scanner system able to produce a detailed map of the CsI photo-current over the entire photo-cathode surface. Finally we present our recent R&D efforts toward the development of a novel generation of imaging Cherenkov detectors with the aim to identify, in heavy ions collisions, hadrons up to 30 GeV/c.
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@article{arxiv.physics/0703044,
title = {The current progress of the ALICE Ring Imaging Cherenkov Detector},
author = {A. Braem and G. De Cataldo and M. Davenport and A. Di Mauro and A. Franco and A. Gallas and H. Hoedlmoser and P. Martinengo and E. Nappi and G. Paic and F. Piuz and V. Peskov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0703044},
year = {2008}
}
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Presented at the Imaging-2006 Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, June 2006