The Coordinate Detector for SuperBigBite

ORAL

Abstract

The Coordinate Detector (CDet) is a 2352-channel two-layer scintillator hodoscope, being constructed for use with the SuperBigbite Spectrometer (SBS) in the nucleon form factor experiments at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (JLab). Each layer of the detector consists of thin, scintillator paddles, each with a wavelength-shifting optical fiber through the middle, which is read out via a multi-anode photomultiplier tube. The CDet will provide charged particle coordinate resolution of 2 mm, which is important for elastic event identification at the projected very large luminosity of 10$^{39}$ Hz/cm${^2}$. An overview of the detector parameters and the current progress in construction, testing and commissioning is presented.

Authors

  • Peter Monaghan

    Christopher Newport Univ

  • Vitaly Batourine

    Idaho State University

  • Mark Jones

    Jefferson Lab

  • Mahbub Khandaker

    Idaho State University

  • Lubomir Pentchev

    Jefferson Lab

  • Adam Sarty

    St. Mary's University

  • Albert Shahinyan

    Yerevan Physics Institute

  • Concetta Sutera

    INFN, Catania, Italy

  • Francesco Tortorici

    Universita di Catania, Italy

  • Bogdan Wojtsekhowski

    Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Jefferson Lab