In-beam aerogel light yield characterization for the AMS RICH detector

M. Aguilar-Benitez , L. Arruda , F. Barao , G. Barreira , A. Barrau (1) , B. Baret (1) , J. Berdugo , M. Buénerd (1) , J. Casaus , I. Cernuda , D. Crespo , C. de La Guia , C. Delgado , C. Diaz , L. Derome (1) , F. Giovacchini , P. Goncalves , A. Keating , G. Laurenti , A. Malinine , C. Mañá , J. Marín , Gines Martinez Garcia , A. Menchaca-Rocha , R. Pereira , M. Pimenta , E.-S. Seo , M. Vargas-Trevino (1)

1 LPSC - Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie

Keywords: AMS; RICH; Space instrumentation; Cherenkov imaging; Charged particle detectors; Aerogel; Aerogel light yield

Domains: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM]; Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM]

M. Aguilar-Benitez, L. Arruda, F. Barao, G. Barreira, A. Barrau, et al.. In-beam aerogel light yield characterization for the AMS RICH detector. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 2010, 614, pp.237-249. ⟨10.1016/j.nima.2009.12.027⟩. ⟨in2p3-00458651⟩