Published August 11, 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Laser calibration system for the CERES Time Projection Chamber

  • 1. Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung mbH, Darmstadt (Germany)
  • 2. Institut fuer Kernphysik, TU Darmstadt (Germany)

Description

A Nd:YAG laser was used to simulate charged particle tracks at known positions in the CERES Time Projection Chamber at the CERN SPS. The system was primarily developed to study the response of the readout electronics and to calibrate the electron drift velocity. Further applications were the determination of the gating grid transparency, the chamber position calibration, and long-term monitoring of drift properties of the gas in the detector

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2008.02.034

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nima.2008.02.034;
arXiv
arXiv:0801.4920v2;
PII
S0168-9002(08)00211-8;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Journal Volume
593
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 188-202
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAER

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Copyright
Copyright (c) 2008 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.