A TPC DETECTOR FOR THE STUDY OF HIGH MULTIPLICITY HEAVY-ION COLLISIONS

被引:87
作者
RAI, G [1 ]
ARTHUR, A [1 ]
BIESER, F [1 ]
HARNDEN, CW [1 ]
JONES, R [1 ]
KLEINFELDER, S [1 ]
LEE, K [1 ]
MATIS, HS [1 ]
NAKAMURA, M [1 ]
MCPARLAND, C [1 ]
NESBITT, D [1 ]
ODYNIEC, G [1 ]
OLSON, D [1 ]
PUGH, HG [1 ]
RITTER, HG [1 ]
SYMONS, TJM [1 ]
WIEMAN, H [1 ]
WRIGHT, M [1 ]
WRIGHT, R [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF DAVIS,DAVIS,CA 95616
关键词
Accelerators - Data Processing--Data Acquisition - Ions - Relativity;
D O I
10.1109/23.106592
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The design of a Time Projection Chamber (TPC) detector with complete pad coverage is presented. The TPC will allow the measurements of high multiplicity 200 (≈ 200 tracks) relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions initiated with the heaviest, most energetic projectiles available at the LBL BEVALAC accelerator facility. The front end electronics, composed of over 15,000 time sampling channels, will be located on the chamber. The highly integrated, custom designed, electronics and the VME based data acquisition system are described. Copyright © 1990 by The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
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页数:9
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