Side-On transition radiation detector: A detector prototype for TeV energy scale calibration of calorimeters in space

Bo Huang; Hongbang Liu; Xuefeng Huang; Ming Xu; Yongwei Dong; Xiaotong Wei; Xiwen Liu; Huanbo Feng; Qinhe Yang; Jianyu Gu; Shuai Chen; Xiaochuan Xie; Jin Zhang; Yongbo Huang; Enwei Liang

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2020.163723

Side-On transition radiation detector: A detector prototype for TeV energy scale calibration of calorimeters in space

Bo Huang
, Hongbang Liu^*
, Xuefeng Huang
, Ming Xu
, Yongwei Dong
, Xiaotong Wei
, Xiwen Liu
, Huanbo Feng
, Qinhe Yang
, Jianyu Gu
, Shuai Chen
, Xiaochuan Xie
, Jin Zhang
, Yongbo Huang
, Enwei Liang

^*Corresponding author for this work

Guangxi University
CAS - Institute of High Energy Physics
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Abstract

Transition Radiation (TR) plays an important role in particle identification in high-energy physics and its characteristics provide a feasible method of energy calibration in the energy range up to 10 TeV, which is of interest for dark matter searches in cosmic rays. In a Transition Radiation Detector (TRD), the TR signal is superimposed onto the ionization energy loss signal induced by incident charged particles. In order to make the TR signal stand out from the background of ionization energy loss in a significant way, we optimized both the radiators and the detector. We have designed a new prototype of regular radiator optimized for a maximal TR photon yield, combined with the Side-On TRD which is supposed to improve the detection efficiency of TR. We started a test beam experiment with the Side-On TRD at Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire (CERN), and found that the experimental data is consistent with the simulation results.

Original language	English
Article number	163723
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	962
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2020.163723
Publication status	Published - 11 May 2020
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Dark matter
Energy calibration
Particle identification
Radiator
Transition radiation detector

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Huang, B., Liu, H., Huang, X., Xu, M., Dong, Y., Wei, X., Liu, X., Feng, H., Yang, Q., Gu, J., Chen, S., Xie, X., Zhang, J., Huang, Y., & Liang, E. (2020). Side-On transition radiation detector: A detector prototype for TeV energy scale calibration of calorimeters in space. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 962, Article 163723. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2020.163723

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Side-On transition radiation detector: A detector prototype for TeV energy scale calibration of calorimeters in space. / Huang, Bo; Liu, Hongbang; Huang, Xuefeng et al.
In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 962, 163723, 11.05.2020.

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