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• LHCb collaboration, The LHCb Detector at the LHC, Journal of Instrumentation, Vol. 3, No. 08. (2008), pp. S08005-S08005 (Chapter 6 - Particle Identification)
• LHCb collaboration, R. Antunes-Nobrega et al., LHCb reoptimized detector design and performance, CERN-LHCC-2003-030

Optical system

• F. Metlica, Development of light-weight spherical mirrors for RICH detectors, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 48462 (2008)
• G. Barber et al., Glass-Coated Beryllium Mirrors for the LHCb RICH1 Detector, Note LHCb-2006-007 Internal N.
• A. Braem et al., Metal multi-dielectric mirror coatings for Cherenkov detectors, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 553 (2005) 182
• A. Papanestis, Limits of software compensation for mirror misalignment of the RICH detectors, Note LHCb-2001-141 Internal N.
• T. Bellunato, Development of ring imaging Cherenkov detectors for LHCb, PhD Thesis, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano Italy (2001) Thesis
• C. D’Ambrosio, et al., The optical systems of LHCb RICHes: a study on the mirror walls and mirrors specifications, LHCb-2000-071; CERN, Geneva, 12 April 2001 Note
• M. Laub, Development of opto-mechanical tools and procedures for the new generation of RICH-detectors at CERN, CERN-THESIS-2006-028; LHCb-2001-130; CERN-LHCb-2001-130 Thesis

Magnetic shielding

• R. Plackett, Photon detectors for the Ring Imaging Cherenkov detectors of the LHCb experiment, PhD Thesis, University of London, London U.K. (2006) Thesis
• M. Patel et al., Magnetic shielding studies of the LHCb RICH photon detectors, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 553 (2005) 114.
• T. Gys, Magnetic field simulations for the LHCb-RICH 2 detector, Note LHCb-2002-029 Internal N.
• M. Alemi, Passive magnetic shielding calculation for the photodetectors of RICH2, Note LHCb-1998-017 Note

Aerogel

• D. Perego, Ageing tests and recovery procedures of silica aerogel, Note LHCb-2008-004 Internal N.
• T. Bellunato et al., The RICH with aerogel for the LHCb experiment, Nucl. Phys. Proc. Suppl. 150 (2006) 281
• T. Bellunato et al., Refractive index inhomogeneity within an aerogel block, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 556 (2006) 140
• T. Bellunato et al., Study of ageing effects in aerogel, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 527 (2004) 319
• T. Bellunato et al., Performance of aerogel as Cherenkov radiator, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A519 (2004) 493.
• M.Y. Barnykov et al., Development of aerogel Cherenkov counters with wavelength shifters and phototubes, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 419 (1998) 584

CF₄ - C₄F₁₀

• O. Ullaland, Fluid systems for RICH detectors, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 553 (2005) 107.
• M. Bosteels et al., LHCb RICH gas system proposal, LHCb-2000-079 Note

HPD

• Stephan Eisenhardt, Production and tests of Hybrid Photon Detectors for the LHCb RICH detectors, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 595 (2008) 142-145
• T. Gys Production of 500 pixel hybrid photon detectors for the RICH counters of LHCb Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 567 (2006) 176
• N. Kanaya, et al., Performance study of hybrid photon detectors for the LHCb RICH Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 553 (2005) 41
• M. Moritz et al., Performance study of new pixel hybrid photon detector prototypes for the LHCb RICH counters, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sc. 51,3,1060-1066
• T. Gys The pixel hybrid photon detectors for the LHCb-rich project Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 465 (2001) 240
• M. Alemi et al., First operation of a hybrid photon detector prototype with electrostatic cross-focussing and integrated silicon pixel readout, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 449 (2000) 48

Electronics

• K. Wyllie, The front-end electronics of the LHCb ring-imaging-Cherenkov system Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 567 (2006) 184
• M. Adinolfi, System test of a three-column LHCb RICH 2 prototype detector, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 553 (2005) 328
• D. Breton and D. Charlet, SPECS: the Serial Protocol for the Experiment Control System of LHCb, Note LHCb-2003-004 Note
• K. Wyllie et al., Silicon detectors and electronics for pixel hybrid photon detectors, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 530 (2004) 82
• P. Moreira et al., A radiation tolerant gigabit serializer for LHC data transmission, Proceedings of the Seventh Workshop on Electronics for LHC Experiments, CERN-LHCC-2001-034 Note
• C. Gaspar et al, The use of credit card-sized PCs for interfacing electronics boards to the LHCb ECS, Note LHCb-2001-147 Interna N.
• J. Christiansen et al., Receiver ASIC for timing, trigger and control distribution in LHC experiments, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci 43 (1996) 1773

High voltage (HV)

• F. Fontanelli et al., Very high voltage power supply system for the ring imaging Cherenkov detectors of the LHCb experiment Nucl. Instr. Meth. A604 (2009) 675-678
• C. Arnaboldi et al., The high voltage protection boards for the RICH detectors of LHC, Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2007. NSS '07. IEEE, Volume 1, Oct. 26 2007-Nov. 3 2007 Page(s):677 - 680
• C. Arnaboldi et al., The high voltage distribution system for the hybrid photodetector arrays of RICH 1 and RICH 2 at LHCb, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sc. Volume 53, Issue 3, Part 3, June 2006, Pages 1397-1402

Monitoring and control

• C. D’Ambrosio et al., The LHCb RICH detector control system, Note LHCb-2004-071 Note
• B. Hallgren et al., The Embedded Local Monitor Board (ELMB) in the LHC front-end I/O control system, presented at the 7th Workshop on Electronics for LHC Experiments, Stockholm Sweden (2001)
• C. Gaspar and M. Dönszelmann, DIM: a distributed information management system for the DELPHI experiment at CERN, presented at IEEE Conference REAL TIME ’93, Vancouver Canada (1993)

Test beam

• M. Adinolfi et al., Performance of the LHCb RICH photo-detectors and readout in a system test using charged particles from a 25 ns-structured beam, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 603 (2009) 287-293
• M. Adinolfi et al., Performance of the LHCb RICH photodetectors in a charged particle beam, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 574 (2007) 39

Simulation

• S. Easo et al., Simulation of LHCb RICH detectors using GEANT4, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 52 (2005) 1665.

Reconstruction

• R. Muresan, Cherenkov ring reconstruction methods, Note LHCb-2007-121 Note
• C.G. Lester, Trackless ring identification and pattern recognition in Ring Imaging Cherenkov (RICH) detectors, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 560 (2006) 621
• R. Forty and O. Schneider, RICH pattern recognition, Note LHCb-98-040 Note

Mechanical system

• LHCb RICH GROUP collaboration, N. Brook et al., LHCb RICH 1 engineering design review report, Note LHCb-2004-121 Note
• LHCb RICH GROUP collaboration, M. Adinolfi et al., LHCb RICH 2 engineering design review report, Note LHCb-2002-009 Note

Proceedings

• C. D’Ambrosio Commissioning of the LHCb RICH detectors Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 567 (2006)

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