Large-area silica aerogel for use as Cherenkov radiators with high refractive index, developed by supercritical carbon dioxide drying

Makoto Tabata, Ichiro Adachi, Yoshikiyo Hatakeyama +3

This study presents the development of large-area (18 $\times$ 18 $\times$ 2 cm${}^3$), high refractive index ($n\sim$1.05) hydrophobic silica aerogel tiles for use as Cherenkov…