Engineering challenges for scintillating fiber tracking at the SSC

A scintillating fiber charged particle tracking detector for use at the SSC is presented. The design is highly segmented as well as capable of very high data rates. It's more than 106 channels are simple in design so that industrialization of its production can easily be accomplished. The scintillating fibers used range between 500μm and 1mm. Upon passage of a charged particle through a fiber light is emitted. For a faction of the photons the fiber acts like a wave guide, transmitting the photons to a transducer outside the active detection region. The tracker extends 8 meter in length by 3.2 meters in diameter