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View SchemaA Study of an Acrylic Cerenkov Radiation Detector
| Authors | B. Porter, P. Auchincloss, P. de Barbaro, A. Bodek, H. Budd |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/9908049 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/9908049 |
| DOI | 10.1119/1.19165 |
| Journal | Am.J.Phys.67:1022-1028,1999 |
Abstract
An experiment investigating the angle of Cerenkov light emitted by 3-MeV electrons traversing an acrylic detector has been developed for use in the advanced physics laboratory course at the University of Rochester. In addition to exploring the experimental phenomena of Cerenkov radiation and total internal reflection, the experiment introduces students to several experimental techniques used in actual high energy and nuclear physics experiments, as well as to analysis techniques involving Poisson statistics. [to be published in Am. J. Phys. 67 (Oct/Nov 1999).]
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