An Active Collimator for GlueX

Chris Gauthier is a UConn undergraduate physics major (class of 2003). In Fall 2001 Chris assumed responsibility for the design and prototype development of a gamma ray beam collimator for the GlueX experiment at Jefferson Lab. Spring 2002 he was awarded a Summer Research Scholarship by the UConn honors program to support his work on this project during summer 2002. The project involved a design of the instrument, physics simulation of the design, construction of a prototype and test setup, together with publication of the results of tests to be performed in a test beam at Jefferson Lab. Later that year Chris made a presentation of his work to the GlueX collaboration in Glasgow, U.K. His work on background simulations was published as a GlueX technical note.