BCAL Radiation Length Calculations

Document #:

GlueX-doc-439-v5

Document type:

Technical Note

Submitted by:

Zisis Papandreou

Updated by:

Zisis Papandreou

Document Created:

28 Feb 2005, 09:15

Contents Revised:

18 Jun 2007, 17:00

Metadata Revised:

18 Jun 2007, 17:00

Abstract:

Analytical calculations of the radiation length for the Barrel Calorimeter of the GlueX Project are presented. These show that the full thickness radiation length ranges from 18-20 X_0 depending on the thickness of the aluminum backing plate and the analytical formalism used.

Files in Document:

• PDF (radlen.pdf, 127.1 kB)

Topics:

• Detector Hardware:BCAL

Authors:

• Rafael Hakobyan
• Nikolay Kolev
• Zisis Papandreou

Keywords:

barrel calorimeter calculations

Notes and Changes:

A couple typos where found in v4 (e.g. in the chemical formula for the SciFi) and these were corrected v5. None of the numbers changed.