Simple čerenkov detector for the measurement of the energy of relativistic charged particles

Abstract

A detector using a cone-shaped perspex radiator for the measurement of the energy of protons from the Birmingham Proton Synchrotron is described in this paper. The overall resolution obtained was ± 13% most of which is contributed by the sensitivity of the detector to the width and angular spread of the beam. With ideal beam conditions the resolution is expected to be ± 6%.