Studies of the Effects of Oxygen and CO_2 Contamination of the Neon Gas Radiator on the Performance of the NA62 RICH Detector

E. Gersabeck

The NA62 RICH detector is used for the separation of pions and muons in the momentum range 15 -- 35 GeV/c and is expected to provide a muon suppression factor better than $10^{-2}$…