Test of a barium fluoride calorimeter with photodiode readout between 2 and 40 GeV incident energy

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Abstract

Results from a test of a small BaF2 calorimeter are presented. A novel readout scheme using fluorescent flux concentrators and silicon photodiodes is used. A resolution of about 1% has been measured for electrons between 4 and 40 GeV. Prospects and limitations are discussed.

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