Status of aerogel production in Novosibirsk

Status of aerogel production in Novosibirsk

Silica aerogel blocks are being produced for use in Cherenkov detectors by a collaboration of Boreskov Institute of Catalysis and Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics since 1986. Novosibirsk aerogel is used in several detectors; among them are KEDR, SND (BINP, Novosibirsk), LHCb (CERN, Geneva), AMS (...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 2011-05, Vol.639 (1), p.225-226
Hauptverfasser: Barnyakov, A.Yu, Barnyakov, M.Yu, Beloborodov, K.I., Bobrovnikov, V.S., Buzykaev, A.R., Golubev, V.B., Gulevich, B.V., Danilyuk, A.F., Kononov, S.A., Kravchenko, E.A., Martin, K.A., Onuchin, A.P., Porosev, V.V., Serednyakov, S.I.
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Accelerators
Aerogel
Aerogels
Cherenkov detectors
Detectors
Focusing
Identification
Multilayers
Nuclear physics
Refractivity
Silica aerogels
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Zusammenfassung:Silica aerogel blocks are being produced for use in Cherenkov detectors by a collaboration of Boreskov Institute of Catalysis and Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics since 1986. Novosibirsk aerogel is used in several detectors; among them are KEDR, SND (BINP, Novosibirsk), LHCb (CERN, Geneva), AMS (for International Space Station mission) and others. Currently our investigations are going on in two directions: multilayer aerogels for Focusing Aerogel RICH and aerogels with high index of refraction. We have synthesized two-, three- and four-layer aerogel tiles with dimensions of 115 mm×115 mm. We have modernized the method of pinhole drying for preparation of aerogels with refractive index in the range of 1.07–1.20.
ISSN:0168-9002
1872-9576
DOI:10.1016/j.nima.2010.10.020