Aerogel mass production for the CLAS12 RICH: Novel characterization methods and optical performance

M. Contalbrigo; I. Balossino; L. Barion; A. Yu Barnyakov; G. Battaglia; A. F. Danilyuk; A. A. Katcin; E. A. Kravchenko; M. Mirazita; A. Movsisyan; D. Orecchini; L. L. Pappalardo; S. Squerzanti; S. Tomassini; M. Turisini

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2017.02.068

Aerogel mass production for the CLAS12 RICH: Novel characterization methods and optical performance

M. Contalbrigo, I. Balossino, L. Barion, A. Yu Barnyakov, G. Battaglia, A. F. Danilyuk, A. A. Katcin, E. A. Kravchenko, M. Mirazita, A. Movsisyan, D. Orecchini, L. L. Pappalardo, S. Squerzanti, S. Tomassini, M. Turisini

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Abstract

A large area ring-imaging Cherenkov detector has been designed to provide clean hadron identification capabilities in the momentum range from 3 GeV/c to 8 GeV/c for the CLAS12 experiments at the Jefferson Lab upgraded 12 GeV continuous electron beam accelerator facility. The adopted solution foresees a novel hybrid optics design based on an aerogel radiator, composite mirrors and densely-packed and highly-segmented photon detectors. Cherenkov light will either be imaged directly (forward tracks) or after two mirror reflections (large angle tracks). The status of the aerogel mass-production and the assessment studies of the aerogel optical performance are here reported.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	168-172
Number of pages	5
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	876
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2017.02.068
Publication status	Published - 21 Dec 2017

Keywords

Aerogel
Cherenkov detector
Optical characterization
Proximity-focusing RICH

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Contalbrigo, M., Balossino, I., Barion, L., Barnyakov, A. Y., Battaglia, G., Danilyuk, A. F., Katcin, A. A., Kravchenko, E. A., Mirazita, M., Movsisyan, A., Orecchini, D., Pappalardo, L. L., Squerzanti, S., Tomassini, S., & Turisini, M. (2017). Aerogel mass production for the CLAS12 RICH: Novel characterization methods and optical performance. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 876, 168-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2017.02.068

Contalbrigo, M. ; Balossino, I. ; Barion, L. ; Barnyakov, A. Yu ; Battaglia, G. ; Danilyuk, A. F. ; Katcin, A. A. ; Kravchenko, E. A. ; Mirazita, M. ; Movsisyan, A. ; Orecchini, D. ; Pappalardo, L. L. ; Squerzanti, S. ; Tomassini, S. ; Turisini, M. / Aerogel mass production for the CLAS12 RICH : Novel characterization methods and optical performance. In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 2017 ; Vol. 876. pp. 168-172.

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In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 876, 21.12.2017, p. 168-172.

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Contalbrigo M, Balossino I, Barion L, Barnyakov AY, Battaglia G, Danilyuk AF et al. Aerogel mass production for the CLAS12 RICH: Novel characterization methods and optical performance. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 2017 Dec 21;876:168-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2017.02.068