RESULTS FROM THE 1ST USE OF MICROSTRIP GAS CHAMBERS IN A HIGH-ENERGY PHYSICS EXPERIMENT

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作者
ANGELINI, F [1 ]
BELLAZZINI, R [1 ]
BREZ, A [1 ]
DECAROLIS, G [1 ]
MAGAZZU, C [1 ]
MASSAI, MM [1 ]
SPANDRE, G [1 ]
TORQUATI, MR [1 ]
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[1] UNIV PISA,I-56010 SAN PIERO A GRADO,ITALY
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10.1016/0168-9002(92)90675-T
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TH7 [仪器、仪表];
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0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
The first use of microstrip gas chambers in a high-energy physics experiment is described. The forward magnetic spectrometer of NA12 (GAMS) experiment at CERN-SPS has been equipped with 8 planes of microstrip gas chambers for a total of 1100 low-noise analog channels. The detectors have been exposed for 100 days to a high flux proton beam. A 0.2% momentum resolution at 450 GeV/c, a rate capability higher than 5 x 10(5)/s-1 mm-2 and a 9 ns time resolution have been measured.
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