Date of Award
2014
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Physics
First Advisor
Ahmidouch, Abdellah Dr.
Abstract
The quartz hodoscope, which is a major component of the trigger system in the Super High Momentum Spectrometer at Jefferson Lab, has been constructed, tested, and analyzed at North Carolina A&T State University. The SHMS spectrometer will play a major role in the 12- GeV physics program at Hall-C of Jefferson Lab. The hodoscope detector is comprised of twenty-one quartz bars, each connected to a pair of photomultiplier tubes. The detector uses Cherenkov radiation to allow for the clean and precise detection of high-energy particles and the suppression of background noise. The scientific motivation, hodoscope construction, and relevant results will be presented.
Recommended Citation
Wilson, Julian T., "Quartz Hodoscope: Assembly, Calibration, And Data Analysis" (2014). Theses. 253.
https://digital.library.ncat.edu/theses/253
