The AMS-02 RICH imager prototype - In-Beam tests with 20 GeV/c per nucleon ions
M. Buenerd
(1)
,
P. Aguayo
,
M. Aguilar Benitez
,
L. Arruda
,
F. Barao
,
A. Barrau
(1)
,
B. Baret
(1)
,
E. Belmont
,
J. Berdugo
,
G. Boudoul
(1)
,
J. Borges
,
D. Casadei
,
J. Casaus
,
C. Delgado
,
C. Diaz
,
L. Derome
(1)
,
L. Eraud
(1)
,
L. Gallin-Martel
(1)
,
F. Giovacchini
,
P. Goncalves
,
E. Lanciotti
,
G. Laurenti
,
A. Malinine
,
C. Mana
,
J. Marin
,
Gines Martinez Garcia
,
A. Menchaca-Rocha
,
C. Palomares
,
M. Pimenta
,
K. Protasov
(1)
,
E. Sanchez
,
E-S. Seo
,
I. Sevilla
,
A. Torrento
,
M. Vargas-Trevino
(1)
P. Aguayo
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M. Aguilar Benitez
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L. Arruda
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F. Barao
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E. Belmont
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J. Berdugo
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J. Borges
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D. Casadei
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J. Casaus
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C. Delgado
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C. Diaz
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L. Gallin-Martel
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F. Giovacchini
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P. Goncalves
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E. Lanciotti
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G. Laurenti
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A. Malinine
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C. Mana
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J. Marin
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Gines Martinez Garcia
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- IdHAL : gines-martinez
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A. Menchaca-Rocha
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C. Palomares
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M. Pimenta
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E. Sanchez
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E-S. Seo
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I. Sevilla
- Function : Author
A. Torrento
- Function : Author
Abstract
A prototype of the AMS Cherenkov imager (RICH) has been tested at CERN by means of a low intensity 20 GeV/c per nucleon ion beam obtained by fragmentation of a primary beam of Pb ions. Data have been collected with a single beam setting, over the range of nuclear charges 2