Sprecher
Beschreibung
The CBM (Compressed Baryonic Matter) experiment to be built at the future FAIR facilities in Darmstadt, Germany aims to investigate the QCD phase diagram at high-net baryon densities and moderate temperatures. The FAIR accelerator will provide high-intensity heavy-ion beams for this fixed target experiment. To ensure the best operability of CBM at day one, a prototype of CBM is set up already now, including scaled-down versions of almost all the detectors later to be employed in the final CBM setup. One main goal of this prototype, called mini-CBM (mCBM), is to establish the free-streaming readout scheme envisioned for CBM. To test this scheme a dedicated test beam time was carried out at the beginning of 2024.
This contribution will focus on the mRICH detector, being part of mCBM. The mRICH is a proximity focusing RICH detector using the same read-out electronics as the RICH detector in the final CBM experiment. Special focus is given to its timing performance which is crucial for a free streaming read-out setup. Additionally discussed will be its general performance mainly dependent on the installed aerogel radiator being in operation already for more than four years.
This work is supported by BMBF (05P21PXFC1)
