RICH detector
E24808
The RICH detector is a ring-imaging Cherenkov device used in the NA62 experiment at CERN to identify charged particles by measuring the Cherenkov light they emit.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| RICH detector canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T192629 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: RICH detector Context triple: [NA62, hasDetectorComponent, RICH detector]
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A.
Time Projection Chamber
The Time Projection Chamber is a large gaseous detector used in particle physics experiments to track and identify charged particles in three dimensions with high precision.
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B.
Transition Radiation Detector
The Transition Radiation Detector is a particle physics instrument that identifies high-energy charged particles—especially electrons—by detecting the X-ray photons they emit when crossing boundaries between materials at relativistic speeds.
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C.
FASER
FASER is a forward physics experiment at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider designed to search for light, weakly interacting particles and study high-energy neutrinos produced in proton–proton collisions.
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D.
Forward Multiplicity Detector
The Forward Multiplicity Detector is a specialized ALICE experiment subdetector at CERN designed to measure charged-particle multiplicities at very forward angles in high-energy collisions.
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E.
Inner Tracking System
The Inner Tracking System is a high-precision silicon detector in the ALICE experiment at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, used to track and identify particles produced in heavy-ion collisions near the interaction point.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: RICH detector Target entity description: The RICH detector is a ring-imaging Cherenkov device used in the NA62 experiment at CERN to identify charged particles by measuring the Cherenkov light they emit.
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A.
Time Projection Chamber
The Time Projection Chamber is a large gaseous detector used in particle physics experiments to track and identify charged particles in three dimensions with high precision.
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B.
Transition Radiation Detector
The Transition Radiation Detector is a particle physics instrument that identifies high-energy charged particles—especially electrons—by detecting the X-ray photons they emit when crossing boundaries between materials at relativistic speeds.
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C.
FASER
FASER is a forward physics experiment at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider designed to search for light, weakly interacting particles and study high-energy neutrinos produced in proton–proton collisions.
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D.
Forward Multiplicity Detector
The Forward Multiplicity Detector is a specialized ALICE experiment subdetector at CERN designed to measure charged-particle multiplicities at very forward angles in high-energy collisions.
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E.
Inner Tracking System
The Inner Tracking System is a high-precision silicon detector in the ALICE experiment at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, used to track and identify particles produced in heavy-ion collisions near the interaction point.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
particle identification detector
ⓘ
ring-imaging Cherenkov detector ⓘ |
| basedOn | Cherenkov radiation ⓘ |
| collaboration |
NA62
ⓘ
surface form:
NA62 collaboration
|
| designedFor |
high-rate environment
ⓘ
kaon decay studies ⓘ |
| field | experimental particle physics ⓘ |
| hostInstitution | CERN ⓘ |
| locatedAt | CERN ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
NA62
ⓘ
surface form:
NA62 experiment
|
| measures |
Cherenkov angle
ⓘ
Cherenkov photons ⓘ |
| optimisedFor | momentum range of NA62 charged particles ⓘ |
| partOf |
NA62
ⓘ
surface form:
NA62 beam line
|
| primaryFunction |
charged particle identification
ⓘ
measurement of Cherenkov light ⓘ |
| provides |
particle velocity information
ⓘ
precise timing information ⓘ |
| roleInExperiment |
background suppression in rare decay searches
ⓘ
triggering on specific particle types ⓘ |
| technology | gaseous Cherenkov radiator ⓘ |
| usedFor |
muon rejection
ⓘ
pion identification ⓘ separation of pions and muons ⓘ time-of-flight measurement ⓘ |
| usedIn |
NA62
ⓘ
surface form:
NA62 experiment
fixed-target experiment ⓘ |
| usedToStudy | rare kaon decays ⓘ |
| uses |
mirror system
ⓘ
photomultiplier tubes ⓘ photon detectors ⓘ |
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Subject: RICH detector Description of subject: The RICH detector is a ring-imaging Cherenkov device used in the NA62 experiment at CERN to identify charged particles by measuring the Cherenkov light they emit.
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