TY  - JOUR
AU  - Nozga, Libor
AU  - Avoni, Giulio
AU  - Banas, Elzbieta
AU  - Brandt, Andrew
AU  - Cerny, Karel
AU  - Davis, Paul
AU  - Pinto, Serge Duarte
AU  - Georgiev, Vjaceslav
AU  - Hrabovsky, Miroslav
AU  - Komarek, Tomas
AU  - Korcyl, Krzysztof
AU  - Lopez-Paz, Ivan
AU  - Milovanovic, Marko
AU  - Mladenović, Goran
AU  - Orlov, Dmitry
AU  - Rijssenbeek, Michael
AU  - Schovanek, Petr
AU  - Sykora, Tomas
AU  - Trzebinski, Maciej
AU  - Urbasek, Vladimir
AU  - Zich, Jan
PY  - 2023
UR  - https://machinery.mas.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/6907
AB  - We present the results of our performance studies of the upgraded Cherenkov time-of-flight (ToF) detector for the AFP (ATLAS Forward Proton) project. The latest version consists of solid L-shaped fused silica bars, new customized ALD-coated micro-channel plate photomultipliers (MCP-PMTs) miniPlanacon XPM85112-S-R2D2 with an extended lifetime which operate at low gains (order of 103), and an updated construction. The improvements were aimed to increase the efficiency, the lifetime as well as the radiation hardness of the detector which has been designed to operate in high radiation areas (above 400 kGy/year). The detector was finally tested at the CERN-SPS test-beam facility (120 GeV π+ particles) in August 2021 prior to its installation at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. Measurements proved the detector kept its inner timing resolution of 20 ps despite the rather low gain of its photodetector and reduced optical throughput caused by inevitable changes in the detector geometry.
PB  - Optica Publishing Group
T2  - Optics Express
T1  - Upgraded cherenkov time-of-flight detector for the afp project
EP  - 4014
IS  - 3
SP  - 3998
VL  - 31
DO  - 10.1364/OE.480624
ER  - 

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author = "Nozga, Libor and Avoni, Giulio and Banas, Elzbieta and Brandt, Andrew and Cerny, Karel and Davis, Paul and Pinto, Serge Duarte and Georgiev, Vjaceslav and Hrabovsky, Miroslav and Komarek, Tomas and Korcyl, Krzysztof and Lopez-Paz, Ivan and Milovanovic, Marko and Mladenović, Goran and Orlov, Dmitry and Rijssenbeek, Michael and Schovanek, Petr and Sykora, Tomas and Trzebinski, Maciej and Urbasek, Vladimir and Zich, Jan",
year = "2023",
abstract = "We present the results of our performance studies of the upgraded Cherenkov time-of-flight (ToF) detector for the AFP (ATLAS Forward Proton) project. The latest version consists of solid L-shaped fused silica bars, new customized ALD-coated micro-channel plate photomultipliers (MCP-PMTs) miniPlanacon XPM85112-S-R2D2 with an extended lifetime which operate at low gains (order of 103), and an updated construction. The improvements were aimed to increase the efficiency, the lifetime as well as the radiation hardness of the detector which has been designed to operate in high radiation areas (above 400 kGy/year). The detector was finally tested at the CERN-SPS test-beam facility (120 GeV π+ particles) in August 2021 prior to its installation at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. Measurements proved the detector kept its inner timing resolution of 20 ps despite the rather low gain of its photodetector and reduced optical throughput caused by inevitable changes in the detector geometry.",
publisher = "Optica Publishing Group",
journal = "Optics Express",
title = "Upgraded cherenkov time-of-flight detector for the afp project",
pages = "4014-3998",
number = "3",
volume = "31",
doi = "10.1364/OE.480624"
}

Nozga, L., Avoni, G., Banas, E., Brandt, A., Cerny, K., Davis, P., Pinto, S. D., Georgiev, V., Hrabovsky, M., Komarek, T., Korcyl, K., Lopez-Paz, I., Milovanovic, M., Mladenović, G., Orlov, D., Rijssenbeek, M., Schovanek, P., Sykora, T., Trzebinski, M., Urbasek, V.,& Zich, J.. (2023). Upgraded cherenkov time-of-flight detector for the afp project. in Optics Express
Optica Publishing Group., 31(3), 3998-4014.
https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.480624

Nozga L, Avoni G, Banas E, Brandt A, Cerny K, Davis P, Pinto SD, Georgiev V, Hrabovsky M, Komarek T, Korcyl K, Lopez-Paz I, Milovanovic M, Mladenović G, Orlov D, Rijssenbeek M, Schovanek P, Sykora T, Trzebinski M, Urbasek V, Zich J. Upgraded cherenkov time-of-flight detector for the afp project. in Optics Express. 2023;31(3):3998-4014.
doi:10.1364/OE.480624 .

Nozga, Libor, Avoni, Giulio, Banas, Elzbieta, Brandt, Andrew, Cerny, Karel, Davis, Paul, Pinto, Serge Duarte, Georgiev, Vjaceslav, Hrabovsky, Miroslav, Komarek, Tomas, Korcyl, Krzysztof, Lopez-Paz, Ivan, Milovanovic, Marko, Mladenović, Goran, Orlov, Dmitry, Rijssenbeek, Michael, Schovanek, Petr, Sykora, Tomas, Trzebinski, Maciej, Urbasek, Vladimir, Zich, Jan, "Upgraded cherenkov time-of-flight detector for the afp project" in Optics Express, 31, no. 3 (2023):3998-4014,
https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.480624 . .