Electron-beam calibration of aerogel tiles for the HELIX RICH detector

P. Allison; M. Baiocchi; J. J. Beatty; L. Beaufore; D. H. Calderone; Y. Chen; S. Coutu; E. Ellingwood; N. Green; D. Hanna; H. B. Jeon; R. Mbarek; K. McBride; I. Mognet; J. Musser; S. Nutter; S. O'Brien; N. Park; T. Rosin; M. Tabata; G. Tarlé; G. Visser; S. P. Wakely; M. Yu

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Electron-beam calibration of aerogel tiles for the HELIX RICH detector

P. Allison, M. Baiocchi, J. J. Beatty, L. Beaufore, D. H. Calderone, Y. Chen, S. Coutu, E. Ellingwood, N. Green, D. Hanna, H. B. Jeon, R. Mbarek, K. McBride, I. Mognet, J. Musser, S. Nutter, S. O'Brien, N. Park, T. Rosin, M. TabataG. Tarlé, G. Visser, S. P. Wakely, M. Yu

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The HELIX cosmic-ray detector is a balloon-borne instrument designed to measure the flux of light isotopes in the energy range from 0.2 GeV/n to beyond 3 GeV/n. It will rely on a ring-imaging Cherenkov (RICH) detector for particle identification at energies greater than 1 GeV/n and will use aerogel tiles with refractive index near 1.15 as the radiator. To achieve the performance goals of the experiment it is necessary to know the refractive index and its position dependence over the lateral extent of the tiles to a precision of O(10⁻⁴). In this paper we describe the apparatus and methods developed to calibrate the HELIX tiles in an electron beam, in order to meet this requirement.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	168549
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	1055
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2023.168549
State	Published - Oct 2023

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Allison, P., Baiocchi, M., Beatty, J. J., Beaufore, L., Calderone, D. H., Chen, Y., Coutu, S., Ellingwood, E., Green, N., Hanna, D., Jeon, H. B., Mbarek, R., McBride, K., Mognet, I., Musser, J., Nutter, S., O'Brien, S., Park, N., Rosin, T., ... Yu, M. (2023). Electron-beam calibration of aerogel tiles for the HELIX RICH detector. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 1055, Article 168549. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2023.168549

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Allison, P, Baiocchi, M, Beatty, JJ, Beaufore, L, Calderone, DH, Chen, Y, Coutu, S, Ellingwood, E, Green, N, Hanna, D, Jeon, HB, Mbarek, R, McBride, K, Mognet, I, Musser, J, Nutter, S, O'Brien, S, Park, N, Rosin, T, Tabata, M, Tarlé, G, Visser, G, Wakely, SP & Yu, M 2023, 'Electron-beam calibration of aerogel tiles for the HELIX RICH detector', Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 1055, 168549. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2023.168549

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