The Design and Status of the HELIX Ring Imaging Cherenkov Detector and Hodoscope Systems

H. B. Jeon; P. S. Allison; M. Baiocchi; J. J. Beatty; L. Beaufore; D. H. Calderón; A. G. Castano; Y. Chen; S. Coutu; N. Green; D. Hanna; S. B. Klein; B. Kunkler; M. Lang; R. Mbarek; K. McBride; S. I. Mognet; J. Musser; S. Nutter; S. O’Brien; N. Park; K. M. Powledge; K. Sakai; M. Tabata; G. Tarlé; J. M. Tuttle; G. Visser; S. P. Wakely; M. Yu

The Design and Status of the HELIX Ring Imaging Cherenkov Detector and Hodoscope Systems

H. B. Jeon, P. S. Allison, M. Baiocchi, J. J. Beatty, L. Beaufore, D. H. Calderón, A. G. Castano, Y. Chen, S. Coutu, N. Green, D. Hanna, S. B. Klein, B. Kunkler, M. Lang, R. Mbarek, K. McBride, S. I. Mognet, J. Musser, S. Nutter, S. O’BrienN. Park, K. M. Powledge, K. Sakai, M. Tabata, G. Tarlé, J. M. Tuttle, G. Visser, S. P. Wakely, M. Yu

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HELIX (High Energy Light Isotope eXperiment) is a balloon-borne experiment designed to measure the chemical and isotopic abundances of light cosmic-ray nuclei. Detailed measurements by HELIX, especially of ¹⁰Be from ∼0.2 GeV/n to beyond 3 GeV/n, will provide essential insights into the propagation processes of the cosmic rays. HELIX features a Ring Imaging Cherenkov (RICH) detector designed to measure the velocity and charge of nuclei with energies greater than ∼1 GeV/n. The RICH detector consists of a radiator volume of high-transparency high-index aerogel tiles imaged by a ∼1 m² focal plane instrumented by 200 8×8 arrays of silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs). A scintillating fiber hodoscope read out with SiPM arrays is installed on the top of the RICH radiator plane to improve the accuracy of track reconstruction in the non-bending view of the instrument’s magnet spectrometer system. We present the design and current status of the HELIX RICH and hodoscope systems.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	121
Journal	Proceedings of Science
Volume	444
State	Published - Sep 27 2024
Event	38th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2023 - Nagoya, Japan Duration: Jul 26 2023 → Aug 3 2023

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Jeon, H. B., Allison, P. S., Baiocchi, M., Beatty, J. J., Beaufore, L., Calderón, D. H., Castano, A. G., Chen, Y., Coutu, S., Green, N., Hanna, D., Klein, S. B., Kunkler, B., Lang, M., Mbarek, R., McBride, K., Mognet, S. I., Musser, J., Nutter, S., ... Yu, M. (2024). The Design and Status of the HELIX Ring Imaging Cherenkov Detector and Hodoscope Systems. Proceedings of Science, 444, Article 121.

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