mueller-new.ppt-UniversityofRegina.pptVIP

* A DIRC for GlueX Paul Mueller Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Stefan Spanier University of Tennessee, Knoxville BaBar DIRC Collaboration for the GlueX Collaboration aerogel Cherenkov Detector for GlueX GlueX requires pion kaon identification with high and constant efficiency in the momentum range 1.8 – 3 GeV/c and above in continuation of the TOF detector, and proton identification up to a momentum of ~2 GeV/c. Threshold Cherenkov Detectors do not easily match this range: - gas : C4F10 needs 3.3 atm pressure - aerogel : only n ? 1.01 available. Imaging Cherenkov Detectors - several options available - a DIRC matches elegantly the required momentum range. - the DIRC is a well established detector in BaBar (for same momenta). Threshold Momentum Total internal reflection: }d particle n na qC qa n = ?2 ? quartz _ cosqC (l) = 1 b n(l) _____ Imaging with Quartz Detection of Internally Reflected Cherenkov Light Radiator: synthetic quartz bars qC: Cherenkov angle with respect to track n : refractive index (quartz: n ? 1.47) b : speed of particle (= v/c) 6.5mrad@4GeV/c Pion - Kaon Cherenkov Angle Difference [mrad] Cherenkov Angle [mrad] n=1.47 Principle of the BaBar DIRC Pinhole focus ~ 11000 conventional Photo-Multiplier Tubes synthetic fused silica (amorphous silicon dioxide), cutting, grinding and polishing in several steps. Efficiency loss per component less than 20%. Typical photon: l = 400 nm, path length in quartz = 6 – 20 m, bounces on surface: = ~ 200 – 300 bulk absorption (Raleigh scattering; attenuation length ? l4 ) light transmission @ 442 nm : (99.9 ± 0.1)%/m surface scattering (attenuation length ? roughness-2 ) reflection : (99.96 + 0.01 )%/bounce Mirror reflection : ~ 92% Radiation hardness rated lifetime dose 250 krad (no degradation observed) The Bar Quality Super-polished Surfaces Measure attenuation with laser and c