| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1825034 | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment | 2011 | 24 Pages |
Abstract
A Hadron Blind Detector (HBD) has been developed, constructed and successfully operated within the PHENIX detector at RHIC. The HBD is a Cherenkov detector operated with pure CF4CF4. It has a 50 cm long radiator directly coupled in a windowless configuration to a readout element consisting of a triple GEM stack, with a CsI photocathode evaporated on the top surface of the top GEM and pad readout at the bottom of the stack. This paper gives a comprehensive account of the construction, operation and in-beam performance of the detector.
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Authors
W. Anderson, B. Azmoun, A. Cherlin, C.Y. Chi, Z. Citron, M. Connors, A. Dubey, J.M. Durham, Z. Fraenkel, T. Hemmick, J. Kamin, A. Kozlov, B. Lewis, M. Makek, A. Milov, M. Naglis, V. Pantuev, R. Pisani, M. Proissl, I. Ravinovich, S. Rolnick, T. Sakaguchi,