A beam vertex detector using scintillating fibers

B. B. Back; R. R. Betts; A. Gillitzer; W. F. Henning; D. J. Hofman; V. Nanal; A. M. Wuosmaa; R. Ganz; B. Holzman; D. McLeod; W. R. Binns; J. W. Epstein

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A beam vertex detector using scintillating fibers

B. B. Back, R. R. Betts, A. Gillitzer, W. F. Henning, D. J. Hofman, V. Nanal, A. M. Wuosmaa, R. Ganz, B. Holzman, D. McLeod, W. R. Binns, J. W. Epstein

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A beam vertex detector system based on 200 μm square scintillating fibers has been built and utilized in an experiment with 6,8, and 10.8 GeV/u ¹⁹⁷Au beams with intensities of up to 3 × 10⁵ particles per 1.6s spill at the AGS at Brookhaven National Laboratory. The position of each beam particle traversing the target which subsequently caused a trigger was determined with a precision of σ ≃ 150 μm, independent of beam intensity. The detection efficiency exceeded 99% per detector layer. Information on radiation damage with relativistic heavy ions was obtained.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	191-199
Number of pages	9
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	412
Issue number	2-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-9002(98)00096-5
State	Published - 1 Aug 1998
Externally published	Yes

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Back, B. B., Betts, R. R., Gillitzer, A., Henning, W. F., Hofman, D. J., Nanal, V., Wuosmaa, A. M., Ganz, R., Holzman, B., McLeod, D., Binns, W. R., & Epstein, J. W. (1998). A beam vertex detector using scintillating fibers. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 412(2-3), 191-199. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-9002(98)00096-5

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