The HERA-B RICH

HERA-B RICH Institutions - information servers

• University of Texas at Austin
• University of Barcelona, Dept. E.C.M., Facultat de Fisica
• LIP, Coimbra, Portugal
• DESY, Hamburg
• Northwestern University, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Evanston
• HEP Group, Physics Department, University of Houston
• J. Stefan Institute and University of Ljubljana

list of people
e-mail addresses

RICH photographs

• Poster
• Supermodule
• Supermodule, boards, read-out electronics, cabling
• Installation: February - June 1998

RICH components reference documents:

(note that only a subset of papers is shown, for a full list, consult the list of notes and the relevant subdirectory on the ftp server)

Vessel

Gas system

• System description
• Go here for Ring Radius Plots ...

Mirrors

• Requirements for RICH Single Mirror Quality by Michael Ispirian (PS-File)
• Spherical mirror quality assessment summary
• Spherical mirror tiling scheme

Lens system

• Specifications
• Measurements of transmission of the lens system
• Simulation of the lens system response

PMTs

• Beam and bench test results (1996), NIM paper
• Memorandum on TMAE/PMT decision
• Quality assessment results

High voltage system

• System description

Base boards

• Base board parameters
• Voltage divider optimisation

Front end electronics: ASD8 boards

• ASD8 initial test
• Quality assessment results

Front end driver

• FED documentation

Supermodule, interfaces

• Interfaces, mechanics
• Supermodule schematics
• Drawings

Slow control

• Front end electronics threshold, low voltage monitoring
• High voltage monitoring
• Mirror alignment with data
• Photon detector monitoring with LEDs

Data bases

• Data bases directory

DAQ

• DAQ control pannel, by Kendall Reeves

Software

• RICH software homepage by Denis Dujmic
• More documentation etc.

Identification algorithms

• Likelihood functions for the HERA-B RICH, by G. Mocnik
• Comment on likelihood functions, by R. Schwitters
• Iterative ring search

Physics, MC results

• T. Oest's RICH simulation study
• Spherical aberration, detector form, NIM paper
• Efficiencies of the Proposed Light Collecting System of Lenses in the HERAB RICH, by Ll. Garrido and I. Arinyo
• Quality of Focus and Depth of Field in the HERA-B Rich Optical System
  (PS-File) or (PDF-File) by R.F. Schwitters, May 1997
• RICH in 1998 muon momentum measurement
• RICH and ECAL in 1998 running

Timetables

• Timetables directory

• Spring 97 tests with bare PMTs
• Summer 97 tests in the test beam and in the HERA-B area: analyses by J. P