1. A large-area scintillating fibre detector for relativistic heavy ions
- Author
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R. Holzmann, A. Surowiec, B. Eberlein, Th. W. Elze, G. Stengel, K. Stelzer, J. V. Kratz, Thomas Aumann, Y. Leifels, G. Ickert, Joachim Stroth, A. Grünschloß, H. Emling, E. Wajda, J. Holeczek, J. Cub, R. Kulessa, K. Boretzky, W. Dostal, and Herbert A. Simon
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Position sensitive photomultiplier ,Physics ,Nuclear and High Energy Physics ,Full width at half maximum ,Position resolution ,Detector ,Scintillating fibre ,Atomic physics ,Instrumentation ,Effective nuclear charge ,Beam (structure) ,Ion - Abstract
A scintillating fibre detector for relativistic heavy ions with an active area of 50 × 50 cm 2 has been developed and was tested with various ion beams (1 ≤ Z ≤ 92). At count rates of up to 10 5 particles/s, the position resolution was found to be determined by the fibre width of 1 mm; depending on the nuclear charge of the beam, efficiencies between 89% and 100% and time resolutions between 800 and 200 ps (FWHM) were obtained.
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- 1998