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Use of Plastic Optical Fibers for Charged Particle Tracking in High Energy Physics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

Mitchell R. Wayne
Mitchell R. Wayne*
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Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556
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Abstract

A large tracking detector consisting of scintillating plastic optical fibers has been chosen by the D0 collaboration as a part of a planned upgrade at the Fermilab Tevatron. The tracker will utilize a state of the art photodetector known as the Visible Light Photon Counter. The benefits of fiber tracking in high energy physics will be presented along with recent progress in several key areas, including: optimization of scintillating dyes and light yields, fiber construction, fiber ribbon manufacture and placement, optical transmission and photodetection. The current status of the D0 development effort will be outlined, including results from the characterization of 5000 channels of VLPC. Finally, results from simulations of expected detector performance will be shown and discussed.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 348 , 1994 , 27
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1994

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