Abstract
We are developing a liquid xenon calorimeter for the MEG experiment. This experiment, to be performed at the Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI) in Villigen (CH), was designed by an Italian-Japanese-Russian-Swiss collaboration to search for the μ+→e+γ decay, forbidden in the Standard Model of Electro-Weak and Strong Interactions. The photon four momentum is to be measured by an innovative C-shaped 800 litres liquid xenon calorimeter read by more than 800 photo-multiplier tubes. An absorption length for Xe scintillation light larger than 100 cm has been measured. The performance of such a detector has been measured using a large volume prototype (100 litres) in a test beam at PSI, using high energy photons from decays of neutral pions from a charge exchange reaction of negative pions on protons. A resolution of 5% FWHM was obtained.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 2005 IEEE International Conference on Dielectric Liquids, ICDL 2005 |
| Pages | 337-340 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - 2005 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 2005 IEEE International Conference on Dielectric Liquids, ICDL 2005 - Coimbra, Portugal Duration: 2005 Jun 26 → 2005 Jul 1 |
Publication series
| Name | 2005 IEEE International Conference on Dielectric Liquids, ICDL 2005 |
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Other
| Other | 2005 IEEE International Conference on Dielectric Liquids, ICDL 2005 |
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| Country/Territory | Portugal |
| City | Coimbra |
| Period | 05/6/26 → 05/7/1 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Engineering
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