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Author | Brook, N.H.; Castillo Garcia, L.; Conneely, T.M.; Cussans, D.; van Dijk, M.W.U.; Fohl, K.; Forty, R.; Frei, C.; Gao, R.; Gys, T.; Hancock, T.H.; Harnew, N.; Lapington, J.; Milnes, J.; Piedigrossi, D.; Rademacker, J.; Ros Garcia, A. | ||||
Title | Testbeam studies of a TORCH prototype detector | Type | Journal Article | ||
Year | 2018 | Publication | Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A | Abbreviated Journal | Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A |
Volume | 908 | Issue | Pages | 256-268 | |
Keywords | Cherenkov radiation; Particle identification; TORCH; MCP-PMT | ||||
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TORCH is a novel time-of-flight detector that has been developed to provide charged-particle identification between 2 and 10 GeV/c momentum. TORCH combines arrival times from multiple Cherenkov photons produced within a 10 mm-thick quartz radiator plate, to achieve a 15 ps time-of-flight resolution per incident particle. A customised Micro-Channel Plate photomultiplier tube (MCP-PMT) and associated readout system utilises an innovative charge-sharing technique between adjacent pixels to obtain the necessary 70 ps time resolution of each Cherenkov photon. A five-year R&D programme has been undertaken, culminating in the construction of a small-scale prototype TORCH module. In testbeams at CERN, this prototype operated successfully with customised electronics and readout system. A full analysis chain has been developed to reconstruct the data and to calibrate the detector. Results are compared to those using a commercial Planacon MCP-PMT, and single photon resolutions approaching 80 ps have been achieved. The photon counting efficiency was found to be in reasonable agreement with a GEANT4 Monte Carlo simulation of the detector. The small-scale demonstrator is a precursor to a full-scale TORCH module (with a radiator plate of 660 x 1250 x 10 mm(3)), which is currently under construction. | ||||
Address | [Brook, N. H.; Cussans, D.; Garcia, A. Ros] Univ Bristol, HH Wills Phys Lab, Tyndall Ave, Bristol BS8 1TL, Avon, England, Email: mvandijk@cern.ch | ||||
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Publisher | Elsevier Science Bv | Place of Publication | Editor | ||
Language | English | Summary Language | Original Title | ||
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Series Volume | Series Issue | Edition | |||
ISSN | 0168-9002 | ISBN | Medium | ||
Area | Expedition | Conference | |||
Notes | WOS:000446864600033 | Approved | no | ||
Is ISI | yes | International Collaboration | yes | ||
Call Number | IFIC @ pastor @ | Serial | 3760 | ||
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Author | Super-Kamiokande Collaboration (Abe, K. et al); Molina Sedgwick, S. | ||||
Title | Neutron tagging following atmospheric neutrino events in a water Cherenkov detector | Type | Journal Article | ||
Year | 2022 | Publication | Journal of Instrumentation | Abbreviated Journal | J. Instrum. |
Volume | 17 | Issue | 10 | Pages | P10029 - 41pp |
Keywords | Particle identification methods; Cherenkov detectors; Neutrino detectors; Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics | ||||
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We present the development of neutron-tagging techniques in Super-Kamiokande IV using a neural network analysis. The detection efficiency of neutron capture on hydrogen is estimated to be 26%, with a mis-tag rate of 0.016 per neutrino event. The uncertainty of the tagging efficiency is estimated to be 9.0%. Measurement of the tagging efficiency with data from an Americium-Beryllium calibration agrees with this value within 10%. The tagging procedure was performed on 3,244.4 days of SK-IV atmospheric neutrino data, identifying 18,091 neutrons in 26,473 neutrino events. The fitted neutron capture lifetime was measured as 218 +/- 9 μs. | ||||
Address | [Abe, K.; Haga, Y.; Hayato, Y.; Hiraide, K.; Ieki, K.; Ikeda, M.; Imaizumi, S.; Iyogi, K.; Kameda, J.; Kanemura, Y.; Kataoka, Y.; Kato, Y.; Kishimoto, Y.; Miki, S.; Mine, S.; Miura, M.; Mochizuki, T.; Moriyama, S.; Nagao, Y.; Nakahata, M.; Nakajima, T.; Nakano, Y.; Nakayama, S.; Okada, T.; Okamoto, K.; Orii, A.; Sato, K.; Sekiya, H.; Shiozawa, M.; Sonoda, Y.; Suzuki, Y.; Takeda, A.; Takemoto, Y.; Takenaka, A.; Tanaka, H.; Tasaka, S.; Tomura, T.; Ueno, K.; Watanabe, S.; Yano, T.; Yokozawa, T.] Univ Tokyo, Inst Cosm Ray Res, Kamioka Observ, Gifu, Akita 5061205, Japan, Email: hayato@icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp | ||||
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Publisher | IOP Publishing Ltd | Place of Publication | Editor | ||
Language | English | Summary Language | Original Title | ||
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Series Volume | Series Issue | Edition | |||
ISSN | 1748-0221 | ISBN | Medium | ||
Area | Expedition | Conference | |||
Notes | WOS:000898723700008 | Approved | no | ||
Is ISI | yes | International Collaboration | yes | ||
Call Number | IFIC @ pastor @ | Serial | 5441 | ||
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