The signals from high-Z scintillating crystals such as PbWO 4 and BGO contain a significant Cherenkov component. We investigate methods to determine the contribution of Cherenkov light to the signals generated by high-energy electrons and pions (mips), both statistically and event-by-event. These methods are based on differences in the spectra, the time structure and/or the directionality of the two types of light. The electron signals, and their composition, are also analyzed as a function of the age (or depth) of the shower. © 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Separation of crystal signals into scintillation and Cherenkov components / N., A., A., A., A., C., Ciapetti, G., R., F., S., F., M., F., G., G., J., H., Lacava, F., L., L.R., M., L., E., M., H., P., D., P., A., P., S., P., G., S., Y., R., W., V., et al.. - In: NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH. SECTION A, ACCELERATORS, SPECTROMETERS, DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT. - ISSN 0168-9002. - 595:2(2008), pp. 359-374. [10.1016/j.nima.2008.07.136]

Separation of crystal signals into scintillation and Cherenkov components

CIAPETTI, Guido;LACAVA, Francesco;A. Policicchio;C. Voena;
2008

Abstract

The signals from high-Z scintillating crystals such as PbWO 4 and BGO contain a significant Cherenkov component. We investigate methods to determine the contribution of Cherenkov light to the signals generated by high-energy electrons and pions (mips), both statistically and event-by-event. These methods are based on differences in the spectra, the time structure and/or the directionality of the two types of light. The electron signals, and their composition, are also analyzed as a function of the age (or depth) of the shower. © 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
2008
cherenkov light; electromagnetic showers; scintillating crystals
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Separation of crystal signals into scintillation and Cherenkov components / N., A., A., A., A., C., Ciapetti, G., R., F., S., F., M., F., G., G., J., H., Lacava, F., L., L.R., M., L., E., M., H., P., D., P., A., P., S., P., G., S., Y., R., W., V., et al.. - In: NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH. SECTION A, ACCELERATORS, SPECTROMETERS, DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT. - ISSN 0168-9002. - 595:2(2008), pp. 359-374. [10.1016/j.nima.2008.07.136]
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