Transition-radiation-Compton-scattering detector for very relativistic nucleiThe paper presents the design and predicted performance of a large acceptance (2 sq m sr) transition-radiation-Compton-scattering detector system which can be used to measure energy spectra up to several thousand Gev/nucleon for nuclei with Z between 6 and 28, as well as up to 40,000 GeV/nucleon for He. The following circumstances made such a detector system practicable: (1) transition radiation output is proportional to the square of particle charge; (2) output varies at least as rapidly as the square of Lorentz factor over the range from several hundred to several thousand.
Document ID
19760044005
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Osborne, W. Z. (Houston, University Houston, Tex., United States)
Mack, J. E. (New York, State University Buffalo, N.Y., United States)