Fabrication of silica aerogel with $n$ = 1.08 for $e^{+}/{\mu }^{+}$ separation in a threshold Cherenkov counter of the J-PARC TREK/E36 experiment

Makoto Tabata, Akihisa Toyoda, Hideyuki Kawai +4

This study presents the development of hydrophobic silica aerogel for use as a radiator in threshold-type Cherenkov counters. These counters are to be used for separating positrons…