Published December 11, 1995
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Journal article
Performance and calibration of the CHORUS scintillating fiber tracker and opto-electronics readout system
Creators
- Annis, P.1
- Aoki, S.2
- Brooijmans, G.3, 4
- Brunner, J.5
- De Jong, M.6
- Fabre, J.P.5
- Ferreira, R.5
- Flegel, W.5
- Frekers, D.7
- Gregoire, G.4
- Gruwe, M.1
- Herin, J.4
- Hoepfner, K.8
- Kobayashi, M.9
- Konijn, J.6
- Lemaitre, V.4
- Lendermann, P.8
- Macina, D.5
- Meijer Drees, R.5
- Meinhard, H.5
- Michel, L.3, 4
- Mommaert, C.1
- Nakamura, K.10
- Nakamura, M.9
- Nakano, T.9
- Niwa, K.9
- Niu, E.11
- Panman, J.5
- Riccardi, F.5
- Rondeshagen, D.7
- Sato, O.9
- Stefanini, G.5
- Vander Donckt, M.1
- Vilain, P.1
- Wilquet, G.1
- Winter, K.5
- Wong, H.T.5
- 1. IIHE ULB-VUB, Brussels (Belgium)
- 2. Konan Univ., Kobe (Japan). Dept. of Physics
- 3. Inter-University Inst. for Nucl. Sci. (Belgium)
- 4. Universite Catholique de Louvain (UCL), Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium). Inst. d'Astronomie et de Geophysique G. Lemaitre
- 5. European Organization for Nuclear Research, Geneva (Switzerland)
- 6. NIKHEF, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
- 7. Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet, Muenster (Germany)
- 8. Humboldt-Universitaet, Berlin (Germany)
- 9. Nagoya Univ. (Japan)
- 10. Osaka City Univ. (Japan)
- 11. Toho Univ., Funabashi (Japan)
Description
An essential component of the CERN WA95/CHORUS experiment is a scintillating fiber tracker system for precise track reconstruction of particles. The tracker design, its opto-electronics readout and calibration system are discussed. Performances of the detector are presented. (orig.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
- Journal Volume
- 367
- Journal Issue
- 1-3
- Journal Page Range
- p. 367-371.
- ISSN
- 0168-9002
- CODEN
- NIMAER
Conference
- Title
- 7. international wire chamber conference.
- Dates
- 13-17 Feb 1995.
- Place
- Vienna (Austria).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Netherlands
- INIS RN
- 27023046
- Subject category
- S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- CALIBRATION; FIBER OPTICS; MUON DETECTION; PARTICLE TRACKS; PLASTIC SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; POSITION SENSITIVE DETECTORS; READOUT SYSTEMS
- Descriptors DEC
- CHARGED PARTICLE DETECTION; DETECTION; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; OPTICS; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTORS; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SOLID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS