The performance of the Barrel CRID at the SLD; long-term operational experience

• Published in: IEEE transactions on nuclear science Vol. 45; no. 3; pp. 648 - 656
• Main Authors: Abe, K., Ashford, V., Aston, D., Bienz, T., Baird, K., Bird, F., Cavalli-Sforza, M., Coller, J., Coyle, P., Coyne, D., Dasu, S., Dunwoodie, W., Dima, M., Hallewell, G., Hasegawa, Y., Iwasaki, Y., Kalelkar, M., Kawahara, H., Leith, D.W.G.S., Lu, T., Meadows, L., Muller, D., McCulloch, M., McShurley, D., Nagamine, T., Narita, S., Oxoby, G., Pavel, T.J., Plano, R., Ratcliff, B., Reif, R., Rensing, P., Schneider, M., Schultze, D., Shapiro, S., Shaw, H., Simopoulo, C., Staengle, H., Stamer, P., Stiles, P., Toge, N., Va'vra, J., Weber, T., Whitaker, J.S., Wilson, R.J., Williams, D., Williams, S.H., Willocq, S., Yellin, S., Yuta, H.
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: United States IEEE 01-06-1998
• Subjects: AGING; ANODES; Detectors; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON DETECTION; ELECTRONS; Electrostatics; ENGINEERS; INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; LIFETIME; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHYSICS; QUALITY FACTOR; RADIATORS; REFRACTION; Research and development; RESOLUTION; STABILITY; Superluminescent diodes; Tiles; Wire
• ISSN: 0018-9499; 1558-1578
• DOI: 10.1109/23.682601

The Barrel CRID detector has been operating successfully at SLD for the past seven years. It is an important tool for SLD physics analyses. We report results based on long term operational experience of a number of important quantities such as the Cherenkov quality factor, N/sub 0/ of the device, fluid transparency, electron lifetime, single electron detection efficiency, anode wire ageing, TMAE purity, long term transparency, Cherenkov angle resolution and the number of photoelectrons observed per ring.