Time-of-Flight measurements with a detector using a liquid Cherenkov radiator-prototype of a possible TOF detector for the Super-FRS at FAIR

Abstract

Aiming to develop a Time-of-Flight (TOF) detector with a precision down to about 50 ps (σ) in time, radiation hard and operating with a high radiation rate of relativistic heavy ions of up to 10⁷ per spill of 1 to 10 s., we have constructed a new Time-of-Flight Cherenkov detector based on an Iodine-Naphthalene liquid radiator. This fluid with high refractive index (n=1.7003) was chosen to cover the corresponding velocities of the ions β∼ 0.59-0.92 at the future Super-FRS at FAIR. The application of a liquid radiator allows to circulate the material and therefore greatly reduce the effects of a degradation of the optical performance during exposure to the high ion rates and radiation dose at the focal planes of the Super-FRS. The key properties of the prototype of a TOF-Cherenkov detector have been investigated in measurements with nickel ions at GSI in 2014. More recently, TOF measurements were performed with xenon ions at 600 MeV/u at GSI in 2016 and a timing resolution of 63 ps (standard deviation σ) was achieved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	34-37
Number of pages	4
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	923
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2019.01.023
Publication status	Published - 11 Apr 2019

Keywords

Cherenkov detector
Cherenkov photons
Detection efficiency
Super-FRS
Time accuracy
Time-of-flight detector

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Instrumentation

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Kuzminchuk-Feuerstein, N., Bogdanov, O., Rozhkova, E., Scheidenberger, C., & Voss, B. (2019). Time-of-Flight measurements with a detector using a liquid Cherenkov radiator-prototype of a possible TOF detector for the Super-FRS at FAIR. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 923, 34-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2019.01.023

Time-of-Flight measurements with a detector using a liquid Cherenkov radiator-prototype of a possible TOF detector for the Super-FRS at FAIR. / Kuzminchuk-Feuerstein, N.; Bogdanov, O.; Rozhkova, E.; Scheidenberger, C.; Voss, B.

In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 923, 11.04.2019, p. 34-37.

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Kuzminchuk-Feuerstein, N, Bogdanov, O, Rozhkova, E, Scheidenberger, C & Voss, B 2019, 'Time-of-Flight measurements with a detector using a liquid Cherenkov radiator-prototype of a possible TOF detector for the Super-FRS at FAIR', Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 923, pp. 34-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2019.01.023

Kuzminchuk-Feuerstein N, Bogdanov O, Rozhkova E, Scheidenberger C, Voss B. Time-of-Flight measurements with a detector using a liquid Cherenkov radiator-prototype of a possible TOF detector for the Super-FRS at FAIR. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 2019 Apr 11;923:34-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2019.01.023

Kuzminchuk-Feuerstein, N. ; Bogdanov, O. ; Rozhkova, E. ; Scheidenberger, C. ; Voss, B. / Time-of-Flight measurements with a detector using a liquid Cherenkov radiator-prototype of a possible TOF detector for the Super-FRS at FAIR. In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 2019 ; Vol. 923. pp. 34-37.

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