Local web page of the RICH  counter


of the HERA-B experiment at the DESY laboratory in Hamburg. The web page is maintained at the



HERA-B RICH overview
RICH reference paper:   published in NIM A516:445-461, 2004,  hep-ex/0303012
List of HERA-B RICH papers (SPIRES format)

Multianode photomultiplier tubes

First beam and bench test results (1996), NIM paper
Quality assessment results, almost final version
Quality assessment results, status Aug. 97
ICFA Bulletin review paper
Quality assessment results, NIM 442 paper
Surface sensitivity, angular of incidence Vienna 2001 conf. paper, poster


Light collection systems




Specifications
Measurements of transmission of the lens system
Simulation of the lens system response
A primer on acceptance of lens based light collection systems


Base boards

Voltage divider optimisation
Base board parameters
Relevant parts of the PhD Thesis of Damijan Skrk, p. 49-53, p. 125-132.


High voltage system

System description
Optimal high voltages list
High voltage monitoring
Relevant parts of the PhD Thesis of Damijan Skrk, p. 60-62, p. 140-141.


Read-out: front end electronics (ASD8)

ASD8 initial test
Quality assessment results
Relevant parts of the PhD Thesis of Damijan Skrk, p. 62-63, p. 122-124.


Low voltage system

Front end electronics threshold, low voltage monitoring, transparencies
Relevant parts of the PhD Thesis of Damijan Skrk, p. 64-69, p. 135-139.


Read-out: front end driver (FED)





Beam tests

Beam test with argon and freon
Beam test with lenses, full electronics chain
Relevant parts of the PhD Thesis of Damijan Skrk, p. 71-86.


RICH design considerations

Spherical aberration, detector form, NIM paper
Performance of the Proposed Light Collecting System of Lenses in the HERAB RICH, Ll. Garrido and I. Arinyo
Quality of Focus and Depth of Field in the HERA-B Rich Optical System (PDF-File), R.F. Schwitters <\a>
Gas filling impact on vessel design
PMT tiling study


Analysis tools for RICH data


Iterative ring search, NIM paper
RITER, RICH iterative search performance, PhD Thesis, Rok Pestotnik
Analysis of RICH data with a global likelihood function, diploma work, Mateja Celcer, in Slovenian


Alignment

Mirror alignment with data, MC study, IJS report
Mirror alignment with data, MC study, NIM paper
Alignment with calorimeter clusters matched with RICH rings
Alignment with calorimeter clusters and single RICH hits


Gas based photon detector studies 1990-1996

TMAE chamber photographs, photo 2, photo 3



Index of HERA-B related files at this server:

For more information consult:

Peter Krizan