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Revision as of 17:31, 25 January 2017

The modular aerogel RICH is designed for hadron identification covering a momentum range of 3-10 GeV/c. Silica aerogel has been used for decades in threshold Cherenkov counters for high energy physics experiment and has recently been used as radiator material for RICH detectors for the HERMES, LHCb, AMS, Belle experiments, and for the CLAS12 experiment. This R&D has been benefiting from having in house expertise acquired from CLAS12 RICH.

The optical properties of aerogel are crucial parameters for the performance of mRICH. For instance, any angular dispersion of the emitted photons affects the precision of the Cherenkov angle measurements. In addition, a high transparency (transmittance) and a proper refractive index are required in order to collect a sufficient number of photons for a reliable ring reconstruction.

The design features of the mRICH are shown in Figure 2.3.1. The main components of the modular design include: (a) the aerogel block at the front (characteristic dimension: 10cm x 10cm x 3cm and n = 1.01 - 1.05), (b) focusing Fresnel lens (for projecting Cherenkov ring image toward the central region of the photon sensor plane), (c) high quality mirror set on the side walls, and (d) the photon sensor plane.

The focus of this particular R&D is to systematically study the mRICH performance through simulation with realistic material properties of the aerogel block, Fresnel lens and mirror configuration (i.e. tilting angle) and to verify the simulation results through prototyping and beam test. The performance of the mRICH in the EIC detector will also been studied.

Detector Design

Single 9 GeV/c pion simulation
Single 9 GeV/c pion simulation
Figure 1.1 (a). Modular RICH detector in GEMC simulation Figure 1.1 (b). Single 9 GeV/c pion simulation
LensFocusing withLens.png
Figure 1.2. Lens focusing gives thinner Cherenkov ring image compare to BELLE-2 ARICH design (below)
BELLE2 ARICH Focusing.png
Figure 1.3. BELL-2 ARICH design a double layer proximity focusing RICH detector. By using two different refractive indices aerogel block, in order to increase number of photons detected while keeping uncertainty of single photon measurement.
LensShifting withLens.png
Figure 1.4. When the charge particle incident along the z-axis of the detector, Cherenkov ring image from the incident particle will be shifted to the central area of the sensor plane, resulting fewer photon loss, and reduce image distortion.
BELLE2 ARICH Shifting.png
Figure 1.5. Cherenkov ring image from particles that are incident at the third quadrant of the detector.
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Figure 1.6. Separation power of modular RICH detector obtained from simulation using 6" focal length Fresnel lens with different pixel sizes

Fisrt Prototype

First mRICH prototype
Figure 2.1. First mRICH prototype
Component Function Specification
Detector holder box provide light tight enviroment acrylic
Aerogel radiator refractive index=1.03
Fresnel lens focus Cherenkov photons spheric acrylic Fresnel lens. focal length=3"
Mirror set
Sensor HAMAMATSU 8500 PMT array. Pixel size=6&times6mm

Beam Test

Beam test set up at Fermilab Test Beam Mtest Facility for the first modular RICH prototype detector is shown in the picture below. The detector (black box) sit at the center of a aluminium frame. On both ends of the aluminium frame are hodoscopes. Each hodoscopes consist of four horizon finger-size (1mm x 1mm) scintillators, and four vertical finger-size scintillators. On the far right of the aluminium frame is trigger paddle. The beam is coming from right to left of the picture.

BeamTestSetup2.png
Figure 3.1. Beam test set up at Fermilab Test Beam Mtest Facility for the first modular RICH prototype detector.

Accumulated hit map.

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MRICH simulation run70 hitMap.png
Figure 3.2 (a). Figure 3.2 (b).
MRICH run88 n103 accumulatedDisplay.png
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Figure 3.3 (a). Figure 3.3 (b).