Picosecond timing of charged particles using the TORCH detector
| Autor: | Cicala, Maria Flavia, Bhasin, Srishti, Blake, Thomas, Brook, Nick H., Conneely, Thomas, Cussans, David, van Dijk, Maarten W. U., Forty, Roger, Frei, Christoph, Gabriel, Emmy P. M., Gao, Rui, Gershon, Timothy, Gys, Thierry, Hadavizadeh, Thomas, Hancock, Thomas Henry, Harnew, Neville, Jones, Thomas, Kreps, Michal, Milnes, James, Piedigrossi, Didier, Rademacker, Jonas, Smallwood, Jennifer Clare |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Druh dokumentu: | Working Paper |
| Popis: | TORCH is a large-area, high-precision time-of-flight (ToF) detector designed to provide charged-particle identification in the 2-20 GeV$/c$ momentum range. Prompt Cherenkov photons emitted by charged hadrons as they traverse a 10mm quartz radiator are propagated to the periphery of the detector, where they are focused onto an array of micro-channel plate photomultiplier tubes (MCP-PMTs). The position and arrival times of the photons are used to infer the particles' time of entry in the radiator, to identify hadrons based on their ToF. The MCP-PMTs were developed with an industrial partner to satisfy the stringent requirements of the TORCH detector. The requirements include a finely segmented anode, excellent time resolution, and a long lifetime. Over an approximately 10m flight distance, the difference in ToF between a kaon and a pion with 10GeV$/c$ momentum is 35ps, leading to a 10-15ps per track timing resolution requirement. On average 30 photons per hadron are detected, which translates to a single-photon time resolution of 70ps. The TORCH research and development program aims to demonstrate the validity of the detector concept through laboratory and beam tests, results from which are presented. A timing resolution of 70-100ps was reached in beam tests, approaching the TORCH design goal. Laboratory timing tests consist of operating the MCP-PMTs coupled to the TORCH readout electronics. A time resolution of about 50ps was measured, meeting the TORCH target timing resolution. Comment: Vienna Instrumentation Conference 2022 proceedings. 13 pages,5 figures, 1 table |
| Databáze: | arXiv |
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