This paper is a presentation of results from tests in a 5 GeV/c hadron beam of detectors based on liquid-core scintillating fibres, each fibre consisting of a glass capillary filled with organic liquid scintillator. Fibre readout was performed via an Electron-Bombarded Charge-Coupled Device (EBCCD) image tube, a novel instrument that combines the functions of a high-gain, gated image intensifier and a Charge-Coupled Device. Using 1-methylnaphthalene doped with 3 g/l of R45 as liquid scintillator, the attenuation lengths obtained for light propagation over distances greater than 16 cm were 1.5 m in fibres of 20 mu m core and 1.0 m in fibres of 16 mu m core. For particles that crossed the fibres of 20 mu m core at distances of similar to 1.8 cm and similar to 95 cm from the fibres' readout ends, the recorded hit densities were 5.3 mm(-1) and 2.5 mm(-1) respectively. Using 1-methylnaphthalene doped with 3.6 g/l of R39 as liquid scintillator and fibres of 75 mu m core, the hit density obtained for particles that crossed the fibres at a distance of similar to 1.8 cm from their readout ends was 8.5 mm(-1). With a specially designed bundle of tapered fibres, having core diameters that smoothly increase from 16 mu m to 75 mu m, a spatial precision of 6 mu m was measured.
A High-resolution Detector Based On Liquid-core Scintillating Fibers With Readout Via An Electron-bombarded Charge-coupled-device / C., C., A., D., J. P., F., A., F., S. V., G., A. M., G., K., H., E. N., K., A. E., K., E. A., L., G., M., A. M., M., P. A., N., V. P., O., Penso, G., Y. P., P., W. P., S., V. E., T., V. G., V.. - In: NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH. SECTION A, ACCELERATORS, SPECTROMETERS, DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT. - ISSN 0168-9002. - 339:(1994), pp. 449-455. [10.1016/0168-9002(94)90181-3]
A High-resolution Detector Based On Liquid-core Scintillating Fibers With Readout Via An Electron-bombarded Charge-coupled-device
PENSO, Gianni;
1994
Abstract
This paper is a presentation of results from tests in a 5 GeV/c hadron beam of detectors based on liquid-core scintillating fibres, each fibre consisting of a glass capillary filled with organic liquid scintillator. Fibre readout was performed via an Electron-Bombarded Charge-Coupled Device (EBCCD) image tube, a novel instrument that combines the functions of a high-gain, gated image intensifier and a Charge-Coupled Device. Using 1-methylnaphthalene doped with 3 g/l of R45 as liquid scintillator, the attenuation lengths obtained for light propagation over distances greater than 16 cm were 1.5 m in fibres of 20 mu m core and 1.0 m in fibres of 16 mu m core. For particles that crossed the fibres of 20 mu m core at distances of similar to 1.8 cm and similar to 95 cm from the fibres' readout ends, the recorded hit densities were 5.3 mm(-1) and 2.5 mm(-1) respectively. Using 1-methylnaphthalene doped with 3.6 g/l of R39 as liquid scintillator and fibres of 75 mu m core, the hit density obtained for particles that crossed the fibres at a distance of similar to 1.8 cm from their readout ends was 8.5 mm(-1). With a specially designed bundle of tapered fibres, having core diameters that smoothly increase from 16 mu m to 75 mu m, a spatial precision of 6 mu m was measured.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
