DESIGN AND OPERATION OF LARGE STRAW-TUBE DRIFT CHAMBER PLANES

被引:12
作者
BROMBERG, C
BROWN, D
HUSTON, J
MAUL, A
MILLER, R
NYUGEN, A
SORRELL, L
YOSEF, C
MANI, S
CHOUDHARY, BC
KAPOOR, V
SHIVPURI, R
BAKER, W
DESOI, W
JOHNSTONE, C
KOURBANIS, I
LUKENS, P
SKOW, D
WU, GH
ALVERSON, G
CHANG, P
DLUGOSZ, W
FAISSLER, W
GARELICK, D
GLAUBMAN, M
LIRAKIS, C
POTHIER, E
YASUDA, T
GUTIERREZ, P
HARTMAN, K
OH, BY
TOOTHACKER, W
WHITMORE, J
BLUSK, SR
CHUNG, WH
ENGELS, E
SHEPARD, PF
WEERASUNDARA, DDS
DEBARBARO, L
DUNLEA, J
FANOURAKIS, G
FERBEL, T
GINTHER, G
LOBKOWICZ, F
MANSOUR, J
PREBYS, E
ROSER, R
SLATTERY, P
VARELAS, N
ZIELINSKI, M
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF DAVIS,DEPT PHYS,DAVIS,CA 95616
[2] UNIV DELHI,DEPT PHYS & ASTROPHYS,DELHI 110007,INDIA
[3] FERMI NATL ACCELERATOR LAB,BATAVIA,IL 60510
[4] NORTHEASTERN UNIV,DEPT PHYS,BOSTON,MA 02115
[5] UNIV OKLAHOMA,DEPT PHYS & ASTRON,NORMAN,OK 73019
[6] PENN STATE UNIV,DEPT PHYS,UNIVERSITY PK,PA 16802
[7] UNIV PITTSBURGH,DEPT PHYS & ASTRON,PITTSBURGH,PA 15260
[8] UNIV ROCHESTER,DEPT PHYS & ASTRON,ROCHESTER,NY 14627
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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D O I
10.1016/0168-9002(91)90195-V
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
We describe the design, construction and operation of a straw-tube drift chamber consisting of four X and four Y planes of 16 mm diameter straw-tubes, each 280 cm long. Straws were glued together for rigidity and were mounted into a frame which served as a gas manifold and maintained wire-to-wire precision. A novel conductive gasket was used to seal the tubes and provide electrical contact to the aluminized surface of the straws. The chamber has been successfully used in a high rate experiment (E706 at Fermilab) and has achieved its design resolution of better than 250-mu-m per tube averaged over the whole chamber.
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页码:292 / 297
页数:6
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