@article{3046355, title = "AN OPTICAL READOUT RICH DETECTOR FOR THE NA35 HEAVY-ION EXPERIMENT", author = "BAECHLER, J and BUNCIC, P and BOCK, R and DIMAURO, A and HECK, W and and HOFFMANN, M and LEVINE, M and LJUBICIC, A and NAPPI, E and PAIC, G and and PANAGIOTOU, A and POSA, F and ROLAND, G and RUNGE, K and SANDOVAL, A and and SCOGNETTI, T and SCHMOETTEN, E and STOCK, R and TOMASICCHIO, G and and VASILEIADIS, G and VRANIC, D", journal = "NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT", year = "1994", volume = "343", number = "1", pages = "213-217", publisher = "ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV", doi = "10.1016/0168-9002(94)90553-3", abstract = "A 50 X 50 cm2 RICH detector prototype with optical readout has been tested during the 1992 S-32 run period at the CERN SPS, to provide particle identification in the momentum range 1.5-4.0 GeV/c. Construction details and results of the analysis of the CCD images are discussed, taking reconstruction algorithms and tracking predictions into account." }