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Aerogel Efficiencies of Threshold Cherenkov Counters

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We present the aerogel efficiencies of the Cherenkov counters used as a sub-component of Bates large acceptance spectrometer toroid. The events of the elastic channel of electron–proton scattering from hydrogen is utilized. The counters’ aerogel efficiencies change between (91.5 \({\pm}\) 0.3) and (98.6 \({\pm}\) 0.6) % based on a time-of-flight scintillation paddle. In addition, up to ~7 % variation in the local efficiencies per paddle is attributable to statistical fluctuations and no local inefficient aerogel pockets are encountered.

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  1. Department of Physics, Sakarya University, Sakarya, 54187, Turkey

    Baris Tamer Tonguc & Sule Citci

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Tonguc, B.T., Citci, S. Aerogel Efficiencies of Threshold Cherenkov Counters. Arab J Sci Eng 39, 5739–5743 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-013-0847-z

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