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Aug 4 – 7, 2022
MIT Laboratory for Nuclear Science
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GRINCH Gas Cherenkov Detector for SuperBigbite Spectrometer, Jefferson Lab

Aug 6, 2022, 12:10 PM
20m
26-414 (MIT Laboratory for Nuclear Science)

26-414

MIT Laboratory for Nuclear Science

Speaker

Maria Satnik (William & Mary)

Description

The GRINCH is a new heavy gas chereknov threshold detector developed for the Super Bigbite (SBS) program in Hall A in Jefferson Lab. The purpose of the GRINCH is to distinguish between pions and electrons during electromagnetic form factor scattering experiments in the SBS program. Consisting of 510 1-in photomultipier tubes and filled with $C_4 F_8 O$ heavy gas, this novel detector is designed to run in very high background rates. The GRINCH began commissioning with beam during the $G^n_M$ experimental run in Hall A in January 2022. This talk will give an overview of the GRINCH detector, analysis of its performance during the commissioning period using cluster finding methods, and its future in Hall A experiments.

Primary author

Maria Satnik (William & Mary)

Presentation materials