Test-beam performance of a TORCH prototype module

M. Kreps; S. Bhasin; T. Blake; N. H. Brook; M. F. Cicala; T. Conneely; D. Cussans; M. W.U. van Dijk; R. Forty; C. Frei; E. P.M. Gabriel; R. Gao; T. Gershon; T. Gys; T. Hadavizadeh; T. H. Hancock; N. Harnew; T. Jones; J. Milnes; D. Piedigrossi; J. Rademacker; J. Smallwood

doi:10.22323/1.390.0854

Test-beam performance of a TORCH prototype module

M. Kreps, S. Bhasin, T. Blake, N. H. Brook, M. F. Cicala, T. Conneely, D. Cussans, M. W.U. van Dijk, R. Forty, C. Frei, E. P.M. Gabriel, R. Gao, T. Gershon, T. Gys, T. Hadavizadeh, T. H. Hancock, N. Harnew, T. Jones, J. Milnes, D. PiedigrossiJ. Rademacker, J. Smallwood

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The TORCH time-of-flight detector is designed to provide a 15 ps timing resolution for charged particles, resulting in K/p (p/K) particle identification up to momentum of about 10 (15) GeV/c over a 10 m flight distance. Cherenkov photons, produced in a quartz plate of 10 mm thickness, are focused onto an array of micro-channel plate photomultipliers (MCP-PMTs) which measure the photon arrival times and spatial positions. A TORCH demonstrator module instrumented with a customised MCP-PMTs has been tested at the CERN PS. The useful implementation for the particle identification in the LHCb experiment requires single-photon time resolution of 70 ps. The timing performance and photon yields have been measured as a function of beam position in the radiator, giving measurements which are approaching the required resolution. A possible TORCH design of the particle identification system in the LHCb experiment has been simulated and its potential for high luminosity running has been evaluated.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of Science
Publisher	Sissa Medialab, SRL
Number of pages	6
Volume	390
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.22323/1.390.0854
Publication status	Published - 15 Apr 2021
Event	International Conference on High Energy Physics, 2020 - Virtual, Prague, Czechia Duration: 28 Jul 2020 → 6 Aug 2020 Conference number: 40th https://pos.sissa.it/390/

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Name	Proceedings of Science
Publisher	Sissa Medialab, SRL
ISSN (Print)	1824-8039

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Conference	International Conference on High Energy Physics, 2020
Abbreviated title	ICHEP 2020
Country/Territory	Czechia
City	Virtual, Prague
Period	28/07/20 → 6/08/20
Internet address	https://pos.sissa.it/390/

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Kreps, M., Bhasin, S., Blake, T., Brook, N. H., Cicala, M. F., Conneely, T., Cussans, D., van Dijk, M. W. U., Forty, R., Frei, C., Gabriel, E. P. M., Gao, R., Gershon, T., Gys, T., Hadavizadeh, T., Hancock, T. H., Harnew, N., Jones, T., Milnes, J., ... Smallwood, J. (2021). Test-beam performance of a TORCH prototype module. In Proceedings of Science (Vol. 390). Article 854 (Proceedings of Science). Sissa Medialab, SRL. https://doi.org/10.22323/1.390.0854

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