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A large area time of flight detector for the STAR experiment at RHIC

A large area time of flight (TOF) detector based on multi-gap resistive plate chamber (MRPC) technology has been developed for the STAR (Solenoidal Tracker at RHIC) experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at the Brookhaven National Laboratory, New York. The TOF detector replaces STAR's Central Trigger Barrel detector with 120 trays, each with 32 MRPCs. Each MRPC has 6 channels. The TOF detector improves by a factor of about 2 STAR's particle identification reach in transverse momenta and enhances STARs physics research program.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UTEXAS/oai:repositories.lib.utexas.edu:2152/7860
Date29 June 2010
CreatorsKajimoto, Kohei
ContributorsHoffmann, Gerald W.
Source SetsUniversity of Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis
Formatelectronic
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