THE KEDR DRIFT CHAMBER

被引:7
作者
BARU, SE
BLINOV, VE
GROSHEV, VR
KOLACHEV, GM
KOZLOV, VN
MINAKOV, GD
ONUCHIN, AP
RYLIN, AV
SAVINOV, GA
SHAMOV, AG
SHUSHARO, AI
机构
[1] Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk
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10.1016/0168-9002(92)90281-8
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TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
The design features of the KEDR drift chamber are described. The 1 m long and 1 m outer diameter cylindrical chamber consists of seven radial super layers. The multiwire drift cell contains six sense wires with a distance of 4.5 mm. The maximum drift distance is 30 mm. Measurements of spatial resolution and aging tests were performed using DME gas with a prototype. The resolution averaged over drift distance has a value of 40 mum. The relative gain drop is equal to 45%/(C/cm). This would correspond to 2% pulse height decrease per year at a gas gain of 10(5) and flux of the charged particles of 1 kHZ/cm2.
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页数:6
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