DIRC

BaBar's Detector of Internally Reflected Cherenkov Light

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Blair Ratcliff
with the DIRC he invented
The BaBar DIRC homepage
DIRCronyms
DIRC Ops & The Manual

Useful DIRC commissioner links:
runs | fans | background | DIRC Live! | run plots documentation
Commissioner's Logbook |2006 Fastmonitoring logs

DIRC Literature:

The Main DIRC paper: I. Adam et al, Nuclear Instruments and Methods A 538, 281 (2005). SLAC-PUB-10516
B. Ratcliff, The DIRC counter: A New type of particle identification device for B factories. SLAC-PUB-6047
SPIRES
Internal DIRC Group Notes

My DIRC Talks:

DIRC Monthly Report - A report on the operations of the DIRC since the last collaboration meeting in December.
(given 24 Jan 2007 to the BaBar operations team at SLAC)

Cherenkov Detectors in Particle Physics - Traces the history of Cherenkov detectors from the first ideas of Seguinot and Ypsilantis to RICH detector to the CRID to ACCs to the DIRC to prototypes of future detectors. Special emphasis is given to the DIRC detector at BaBar, with which the presenter has personal experience. (given to the Spaniergruppe at UT August 2006).

Other DIRC Talks:

BaBar Collaboration Meeting DIRC Parallel Sessions: Dec 2000 June 01 Feb 02 May 02 July 02 Dec 02 Feb 03 July 03 Dec 03 Feb 04 May 04 July 04 Dec 04 Feb 05 May 05 Sept 05 Dec 05 Feb 06 June 06 Sept 06 Dec 06

DIRC Monthly Reports: Jun 01 Jul 01 p2 Aug 01 Oct 01 Mar 02 Apr 02 Jun 02 Oct 02 Feb 03 May 03 Jun 03 Sep 03 Oct 03 Jan 04 Feb 04 Mar 04 Jun 04 Oct 04 p2 Mar 05 May 05 Jun 05 Jul 05 Aug 05 Jan 06 Mar 06 Apr 06 Jun 06 Jan 07

DIRC Weekly Reports


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Last ∆ on 30 Jan 2007 by Bradley James Wogsland.