PHENIX-RICH Project Home Page

RICH Logo designed by T.Tamagawa

(unofficial logo designed by T.Tamagawa, former INS, U.Tokyo)

This is the home page of the Ring Imaging Cherenkov (RICH) detector project for the RHIC - PHENIX experiment.
RICH is explained on this site. (sorry. Japanese only)

(created on December 10, 1995; last updated on November 6, 2001)

Project Documents & Figures ... Reviews & Meetings ... Related Links ...

Project Documents & Figures (updated Nov.19, 2000)

General Project Documents

Project Members List (by Kenta Shigaki; updated Jul.20, 2000)
Project Members' Offices at BNL (by Kenta Shigaki; updated Oct.23, 2000)
Draft of Design Book Chapter (edited by Kenta Shigaki; updated Apr.28, 1997)
Front-End Electronics (by Ken Oyama; under construction)

Publications

Conference Proceedings

Ring Imaging Cherenkov Detector of PHENIX Experiment at RHIC (RICH99; pdf)
The PHENIX Ring Imaging Cherenkov Detector (INSTR99; pdf)
Development of Front End Electronics for PHENIX RICH (INSTR99; pdf)

Theses

Beam Test of a Prototype (Master's Thesis of Kenta Itahashi; Jan. 1995; postscript; 5.3Mbytes)
Quality Control of PMT's (Master's Thesis of Toru Tamagawa; Jan.16, 1996; postscript; 2.3Mbytes)

Operation Documents and Manuals

Recent Manual (by Munetaka Tamai; updated Oct.12, 2001)
HV Operation Manual (by Kenta Shigaki; updated Apr.25, 2000)
FEE Operation Manual (by S.Kametani, Y.Akiba and T.Sakaguchi; updated May 3, 2000)
Hardware Address and Connection for FY00 run (by Kenta Shigaki; updated Jun.12, 2000)

Hardware and Construction Documents

Integration Issues (by Hideki Hamagaki; Jan. 1996; postscript)
Design Changes in 1996 (by Kenta Shigaki; Aug.26, 1996)
PMT Database (by Stefania Salomone; updated Jan.4, 1997)
Assembly Procedures at BNL (by Tony Frawley; updated Jul.21, 1997)
PMT Quality Assurance at Stony Brook & Appendix (by Stefania Salomone; updated Aug.7, 1997)
Vessel 2 Assembly Schedule (by Tony Frawley; updated Jan.20, 1999)

Software Documents

Simulation Software

Elements Numbering Scheme and Implementation in PISA/PISORP (by Kenta Shigaki; Mar.28, 1997)

Online Software

Online Monitor User's Guide (by Tony Frawley; updated Aug.15, 2000)

Offline Software

ADC Calibration Program User's Guide (by Tony Frawley; updated May 15, 2000)
Calibration Scripts User's Guide (by Takao Sakaguchi; updated Sep.27, 2000)
Calibration Database User's Guide (by Tony Frawley; updated May 15, 2000)
Geometry Object User's Guide (by Kenta Shigaki; updated Oct.31, 2000)

Pictures and Figures

PHENIX-RICH Photo Gallery (by Kenta Shigaki; updated Feb.22, 2000)
PHENIX-RICH Photo Gallery at Stony Brook (by Stefania Salomone; updated Mar.4, 1997)
Photos of the first RICH vessel (by Yasuyuki Akiba; created Dec.10, 1997)
PHENIX-J Logo (nice looking, while I do not know if it is the official one)

Mailing List Archives & Subscribers

phenix-rich-l (general)
- Archive (by Brant Johnson and Dave Morrison; since Jun.7, 1996
- List of Subscribers (as of Nov.19, 2000)
rich-fee-j (FEE activities in Japan)
- Archive (by Ken Oyama; in Japanese only)

Reviews & Meetings

PHENIX Official Reviews

Supermodule Design Review on April 25, 1996 at BNL
PHENIX TAC Review on May 9-11, 1996 at BNL
Final Mechanical Design Review on April 23, 1997 at BNL
PHENIX TAC Review on May 1-3, 1997 at BNL
Mechanical Safety Review on September 18, 1997 at BNL
Electrical Safety Review on November 13, 1997 at BNL
PHENIX TAC Review on August 11-12, 1998 at BNL
FEE Safety Review Package submitted on August 26, 1999

Group / Sub-group Meetings

Group Meetings (updated Feb.26, 1998)
Phone Meetings at BNL / SUNY Stony Brook / FSU (updated Apr.22, 1999)
Local Meetings at BNL / SUNY Stony Brook (updated Nov.5, 1997)
Local Meetings at U.Tokyo / Waseda U. (created Nov.18, 1996)