Exploring Particle Detection and Time of Flight in Physics
Delve into the realm of particle detection and time of flight in physics as we dissect topics such as Silicon Photo-Multipliers, Cerenkov Counters, and Calorimeters. Discover how scintillation detectors, time of flight detectors, and other advanced technologies play a crucial role in particle physics experiments. Unravel the mysteries of measuring particle velocities, distinguishing particles with different masses but similar momentum, and determining particle speeds and masses using innovative detection methods.
Download Presentation
Please find below an Image/Link to download the presentation.
The content on the website is provided AS IS for your information and personal use only. It may not be sold, licensed, or shared on other websites without obtaining consent from the author. If you encounter any issues during the download, it is possible that the publisher has removed the file from their server.
You are allowed to download the files provided on this website for personal or commercial use, subject to the condition that they are used lawfully. All files are the property of their respective owners.
The content on the website is provided AS IS for your information and personal use only. It may not be sold, licensed, or shared on other websites without obtaining consent from the author.
E N D
Presentation Transcript
PHYS 3446 Lecture #16 Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016 Dr. Jae Jae Yu Particle Detection Silicon Photo-Multipliers Time of Flight Cerenkov Counter Calorimeters Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016 PHYS 3446, Fall 2016 1
Announcements The MS Word template for project paper has been uploaded to the class web page, under project link Please use only this template for your project paper. Mark on your calendar two special colloquia double extra credit: Nov. 30: Dr. Steven Sand Dec. 7: Dr. K.C.Kong Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016 PHYS 3446, Fall 2016 2
Reminder: Homework #7 Derive Eq. 7.10 Carry out computations for Eq. 7.14 and 7.17 Due for these assignments is Monday, Oct. 31 Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016 PHYS 3446, Fall 2016 3
Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016 PHYS 3446, Fall 2016 4
Silicon Photo Multipliers SiPM Made of a layer of silicon divided in pixels Under bias voltage for electron amplifications Small sizes (1mmx1mm, 3mmx3mm, 6mmx6mm) Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016 PHYS 3446, Fall 2016 5
Scintillation Detector Structure HV PS Scintillation Counter Light Guide/ Wavelength Shifter PMT/ SiPM Readout Electronics Scope Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016 PHYS 3446, Fall 2016 6
Time of Flight Detector Scintillator + PMT can provide time resolution of 0.1 ns. What position resolution does this corresponds to? 3cm Array of scintillation counters can be used to measure the time of flight (TOF) of particles and obtain their velocities What can this be used for? Can use this to distinguish particles with about the same momentum but with different mass How? Measure the momentum (p) of a particle in the magnetic field its time of flight (t) for reaching some scintillation counter at a distance L from the point of origin of the particle Determine the speed of the particle and its mass Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016 PHYS 3446, Fall 2016 7
Time of Flight (TOF) TOF is the distance traveled divided by the speed of the particle, t=L/v. Thus t in flight time of the two particle with m1 and m2 is t t t = = L v 1 1 v 1 1 L c = 2 1 2 1 2 1 For a known momentum, p, Since 1 =1 2 2 2 m c m c c E pc m c m c m c m c = = = 2 2 L E pc E pc L c 2 4 2 2 2 p c 2 4 1 m c 2 2 p c + + m c = = 2 1 t 2 pc Lm p =L In non-relativistic limit, ( ) p t = m m 2 1 Mass resolution of ~1% is achievable for low energies How does this look in a relativistic case? Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016 PHYS 3446, Fall 2016 8
Cerenkov Detectors What is the Cerenkov radiation? Emission of coherent radiation from the excitation of atoms and molecules When does this occur? When a charged particle enters a dielectric medium with a speed faster than light in the medium How is this possible? Since the speed of light is c/n in a medium with index of refraction n, if the particle s >1/n, its speed is greater than the speed of light Cerenkov light has various frequencies but blue and ultraviolet band are most interesting Blue can be directly detected w/ standard PMTs Ultraviolet can be converted to electrons using photosensitive molecules mixed in with some gas in an ionization chamber Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016 PHYS 3446, Fall 2016 9
Cerenkov Detectors 1 = cos The angle of emission is given by The intensity of the produced radiation per unit length of the radiator is proportional to sin2 c. For n>1, light can be emitted while for n<1, no light can be observed. Thus, Cerenkov effect provides a means for distinguishing particles with the same momentum One can use multiple chambers of various indices of refraction to detect the Cerenkov radiation from particles of different mass but with the same momentum c n Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016 PHYS 3446, Fall 2016 10
Cerenkov Detectors Threshold counters Particles with the same momentum but with different mass will start emitting Cerenkov light when the index of refraction is above a certain threshold These counters have one type of gas but could vary the pressure in the chamber to change the index of refraction to distinguish particles Large proton decay experiments use Cerenkov detector to detect the final state particles, such as p e+ 0 Differential counters Measure the angle of emission for the given index of refraction since the emission angle for lighter particles will be larger than heavier ones Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016 PHYS 3446, Fall 2016 11
Plot of Threshold Cerenkov Counter http://ftbf.fnal.gov/cherenkov_pressure-_scans/ Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016 PHYS 3446, Fall 2016 12
Super Kamiokande A Differential Water Cerenkov Detector Kamioka zinc mine, Japan 1000m underground 40 m (d) x 40m(h) SS 50,000 tons of ultra pure H2O 11200(inner)+1800(outer) 50cm PMT s Originally for proton decay experiment Accident in Nov. 2001, destroyed 7000 PMT s Dec. 2002 resumed data taking w/ remaining PMT s Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016 PHYS 3446, Fall 2016 13
Super-K Event Displays Stopping 3 Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016 PHYS 3446, Fall 2016 14
Cerenkov Detectors Ring-imaging Cerenkov Counters (RICH) Use UV emissions An energetic charged particle can produce multiple UV distributed about the direction of the particle These UV photons can then be put through a photo-sensitive medium creating a ring of electrons These electrons then can be detected in an ionization chamber forming a ring Babar experiment at SLAC uses this detector Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016 PHYS 3446, Fall 2016 15
