Particle identification by TOF for heavy ion interactions

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dc.contributor.advisorMutchler, Gordon S.
dc.creatorChiou, Chengnan
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-04T00:14:26Z
dc.date.available2009-06-04T00:14:26Z
dc.date.issued1990
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of the relativistic heavy-ion experiment E810 at the Brookhaven National Laboratory Alternating Gradient Synchrotron(BNL AGS) is to look for indications of a phase transition from hadronic to quark matter: the Quark-Gluon Plasma(QGP). The experiment was performed using a 14.5 $\times$ A Gev/c silicon beam from the BNL AGS to bombard targets of Si, Cu, Sn, Au, and Pb. The experimental apparatus used in the June 1989 run were the BNL Multi-Particle Spectrometer(MPS), the Time Projection Chamber(TPC) system, and the Time-of-Flight(TOF) hodoscope. With a 15m flight path, to separate $\pi\sp-$ from p up to 5-6 Gev/c and $\pi\sp-$ from $k\sp-$ up to 2.5-3 Gev/c, we require that the Root-Mean-Square(RMS) time resolution of the TOF hodoscope be about 150 picoseconds. From the analysis of the TOF beta distribution of fast $\pi\sp-$, a RMS time resolution range of 150-160 ps can be achieved after the time-walk correction.
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dc.identifier.callnoThesis Phys. 1990 Chiou
dc.identifier.citationChiou, Chengnan. "Particle identification by TOF for heavy ion interactions." (1990) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/13421">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/13421</a>.
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dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subjectParticle physics
dc.subjectElementary particles
dc.subjectHigh energy physics
dc.subjectNuclear physics
dc.titleParticle identification by TOF for heavy ion interactions
dc.typeThesis
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thesis.degree.departmentPhysics
thesis.degree.disciplineNatural Sciences
thesis.degree.grantorRice University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science
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