Prof.
Richard Wigmans
(Texas Tech University)
22/05/2012, 11:15
S8 - Calorimetry
Oral
Simultaneous detection of the Cherenkov light and
scintillation light produced in hadron showers makes it possible to measure the electromagnetic shower fraction event by event and thus eliminate the detrimental effects of fluctuations in this fraction on the performance of calorimeters.
In the RD52 (DREAM) project, the possibilities of this dual-readout calorimetry are investigated and...
Luca Galli
(INFN - Pisa)
22/05/2012, 11:40
S8 - Calorimetry
Oral
Cerium-doped lanthanum bromide (LaBr:Ce) is a scintillator that present very good energy and timing resolution. Its light yield is 1.5 times that of sodium iodide, yet its time constant is much shorter (20 ns). These properties, toghether with its high density and the presence of a 2.5 MeV self-activity line, make it a perfect candidate for a self-calibrating photon detector in the 50-100 MeV...
Dr
Hector Gomez
(LAL-Orsay)
22/05/2012, 12:05
S8 - Calorimetry
Oral
New generation experiments in Astroparticle Physics need to operate in really restrictive background conditions, which implies the use of high radiopure materials for the experimental setup construction. For this reason the screening of the materials with enough sensitivity has become a challenge that sometimes cannot be afforded with standard techniques like Germanium detector...
Alessandra Luca
(INFN - LNF)
22/05/2012, 12:30
S8 - Calorimetry
Oral
The Mu2e experiment at FNAL aims to measure the charged-lepton flavor violating
neutrinoless conversion of of a negative muon into an electron. The conversion results in a monochromatic electron with an energy slightly below the rest mass of the muon (104.97 MeV).
The calorimeter should confirm that the candidates reconstructed by the extremely
precise tracker system are indeed conversion...
