Particle Identification by Time of Flight

• Basics
• Photomultiplier Tube
  • PMT selection
• Plastic Scintillator
  • Light attenuation & Timing degradation
  • Rod with smaller cross sectional size
  • TOF resolution
  • Performance of Fiber/Super scintillator
  • Aging Effect
• Effect of coaxial cables
  • Performance of OTD
  • E866 TOF with OTD
• High Resolution TOF at PHENIX
  • Honeycomb Board
  • Scintillator rod & PMT holder
  • Intrinsic Resolution of 80 ps
  • Mass Production
  • Front-End Electronics
    • Cross talk elimination
  • Charge Measurement
  • Time Measurement
  • FEE Module
  • Integrated Linearity of TVC
  • Differential Linearity of TVC
  • PHENIX TOF at WA98
    • Operation at WA98
    • Particle Identification