Recent developments in data reconstruction for aerogel RICH at Belle II

Autor: Santelj, Luka
Rok vydání: 2023
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Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2023.168502
Popis: In the forward end-cap of the Belle II spectrometer, particle identification is provided by a proximity focusing RICH detector with an aerogel radiator (ARICH). The ARICH's primary function is to effectively distinguish between pions and kaons in the momentum range of 0.5 GeV/c to about 4 GeV/c, as well as to contribute to identification of low-momentum leptons. Since its operation began, Belle II has collected over 420 fb-1 of data. Based on this large data sample, studies of several effects that impact the performance of the ARICH detector were carried out. In this paper, we present a comparison of the observed Cherenkov ring image and detector particle identification performance in the measured data and detector simulation. Furthermore, we highlight recent efforts aimed at enhancing the ARICH's performance by taking into account the effects of particle decay in flight and scattering in materials before the detector, as well as by refining the probability density function used for particle identification likelihood evaluation.
Comment: 4 pages, 7 figures. Poster contribution to 11th International Workshop on Ring Imaging Cherenkov Detectors (RICH2022), September 12-16 2022. Submitted to Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A
Databáze: arXiv