A plastic-BaF/sub 2/ phoswich telescope for charged/neutral particle and photon detection

Authors :: H. Stroher
R. W. Novotny
W. Doring
Volker Metag
M. Kotulla
V. Hejny
M. Wolf
M. Nold
B. Krusche
Source :: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. 43:1260-1266
Publication Year :: 1996
Publisher :: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 1996.
Abstract: BaF/sub 2/ has become a very versatile scintillator for particle and photon detection commonly applied in medium and high energy physics experiments. The intrinsic properties allow particle identification via time-of-flight, /spl Delta/E-E and pulse-shape techniques. A new NE102A-BaF/sub 2/ phoswich detector using the standard TAPS crystals has been tested at relativistic energies. The drastically improved particle identification and first results obtained with a large annular forward wall consisting of 120 phoswich modules with 15 mm NE102A attached to the BaF/sub 2/-crystal will be discussed in detail.

Subjects :: Physics
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Photomultiplier
business.industry
Scintillator
Particle detector
Particle identification
Time of flight
Optics
Nuclear Energy and Engineering
Scintillation counter
Phoswich detector
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
business
Neutral particle

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