Published October 21, 1996
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Journal article
Straw chambers operating in vacuum for particle tracking and transition radiation detection in accelerator and space experiments
Creators
- 1. Bari Univ. (Italy). Ist. di Fisica
Description
We have designed and tested some straw tube prototype detectors to investigate the possibility to operate a full size chamber with extremely reduced gas leaks in a high vacuum environment in accelerator experiments or in sealed mode for astroparticle physics researches in outer space. After completing the tests we have finally built a tracking detector of 1300 channels which has run in a vacuum chamber in the experiment E864 at BNL with a leak of 7.10-3 Torr l/s compatible with the permeability of the materials used. (orig.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
- Journal Volume
- 381
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- p. 39-48.
- ISSN
- 0168-9002
- CODEN
- NIMAER
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Netherlands
- INIS RN
- 28014494
- Subject category
- S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ANODES; ARGON; BINARY MIXTURES; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON TETRAFLUORIDE; DRIFT CHAMBERS; DRIFT TUBES; EFFICIENCY; HIGH VACUUM; PARTICLE TRACKS; PHOTODETECTORS; POSITION SENSITIVE DETECTORS; PULSES; READOUT SYSTEMS; SPACE FLIGHT; TRANSITION RADIATION; XENON; 2-METHYLPROPANE
- Descriptors DEC
- ALKANES; CARBON COMPOUNDS; CARBON OXIDES; CHALCOGENIDES; DISPERSIONS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MIXTURES; MULTIWIRE PROPORTIONAL CHAMBERS; NONMETALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATIONS; RARE GASES