Test-beam demonstration of a TORCH prototype module

J. C. Smallwood; 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; M. Kreps; J. Milnes; D. Piedigrossi; J. Rademacker

doi:10.1088/1742-6596/2374/1/012004

Test-beam demonstration of a TORCH prototype module

J. C. Smallwood, 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, M. Kreps, J. Milnes, D. PiedigrossiJ. Rademacker

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Abstract

The TORCH time-of-flight detector is designed to provide a 15 ps timing resolution for charged particles, resulting in π/K particle identification up to 10 GeV/c momentum over a 10 m flight path. 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 half-scale (660 × 1250 × 10 mm3) TORCH demonstrator module has been tested in an 8 GeV/c mixed proton-pion beam at CERN. Customised square MCP-PMTs of active area 53 × 53 mm2 and granularity 64 × 64 pixels have been employed, which have been developed in collaboration with an industrial partner. The single-photon timing performance and photon yields have been measured as a function of beam position in the radiator, giving measurements which are consistent with expectations. The expected performance of TORCH for high luminosity running of the LHCb Upgrade II has been simulated.

Original language	English
Article number	012004
Journal	Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume	2374
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2374/1/012004
Publication status	Published - 6 Dec 2022
Externally published	Yes
Event	2021 International Conference on Technology and Instrumentation in Particle Physics, TIPP 2021 - Virtual, Online Duration: 23 May 2021 → 28 May 2021

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Funding Information:
The support is acknowledged of the Science and Technology Research Council, UK, grant number ST/P002692/1, and of the European Research Council through an FP7 Advanced Grant (ERC-2011-AdG 299175-TORCH).

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Smallwood, J. C., 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., Kreps, M., Milnes, J., ... Rademacker, J. (2022). Test-beam demonstration of a TORCH prototype module. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2374(1), Article 012004. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2374/1/012004

Smallwood, JC, 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, Harnew, N, Kreps, M, Milnes, J, Piedigrossi, D & Rademacker, J 2022, 'Test-beam demonstration of a TORCH prototype module', Journal of Physics: Conference Series, vol. 2374, no. 1, 012004. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2374/1/012004

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