Status of the TORCH Project

N. Harnew; 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; M. Kreps; J. Milnes; D. Piedigrossi; J. Rademacker

doi:10.1088/1748-0221/15/04/C04031

Status of the TORCH Project

N. Harnew, 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, M. Kreps, J. Milnes, D. Piedigrossi, J. Rademacker

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Abstract

The TORCH time-of-flight detector will provide particle identification between 2-10 GeV/c momentum over a flight distance of 10 m, and is designed for large-area coverage, up to 30 m². A 15 ps time-of-flight resolution per incident particle is anticipated by measuring the arrival times from Cherenkov photons produced in a synthetic fused silica radiator plate of 10 mm thickness. Customised Micro-Channel Plate Photomultiplier Tube (MCP-PMT) photon detectors of 53 × 53 mm² active area with a 64 × 64 granularity have been developed with industrial partners. Test-beam studies using both a small-scale TORCH demonstrator and a half-length TORCH module are presented. The desired timing resolution of 70 ps per single photon is close to being achieved.

Original language	English
Article number	C04031
Journal	Journal of Instrumentation
Volume	15
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/15/04/C04031
Publication status	Published - 14 Apr 2020

Keywords

Cherenkov detectors
Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics
Timing detectors

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Mathematical Physics
Instrumentation

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Harnew, N., 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., Kreps, M., Milnes, J., Piedigrossi, D., & Rademacker, J. (2020). Status of the TORCH Project. Journal of Instrumentation, 15(4), [C04031]. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/15/04/C04031

Status of the TORCH Project. / Harnew, N.; 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.; Kreps, M.; Milnes, J.; Piedigrossi, D.; Rademacker, J.

In: Journal of Instrumentation, Vol. 15, No. 4, C04031, 14.04.2020.

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Harnew, N, Bhasin, S, Blake, T, Brook, NH, Cicala, MF, Conneely, T, Cussans, D, Van Dijk, MWU, Forty, R, Frei, C, Gabriel, EPM, Gao, R, Gershon, T, Gys, T, Hadavizadeh, T, Hancock, TH, Kreps, M, Milnes, J, Piedigrossi, D & Rademacker, J 2020, 'Status of the TORCH Project', Journal of Instrumentation, vol. 15, no. 4, C04031. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/15/04/C04031

Harnew, N. ; 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. ; Kreps, M. ; Milnes, J. ; Piedigrossi, D. ; Rademacker, J. / Status of the TORCH Project. In: Journal of Instrumentation. 2020 ; Vol. 15, No. 4.

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