Published October 1, 1991
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Journal article
Design and operation of large straw-tube drift chamber planes
Creators
- Bromberg, C.1
- Brown, D.1
- Huston, J.1
- Maul, A.1
- Miller, R.1
- Nyugen, A.1
- Sorrell, L.1
- Yosef, C.1
- Mani, S.2
- Choudhary, B.C.3
- Kapoor, V.3
- Shivpuri, R.3
- Baker, W.4
- DeSoi, W.4
- Johnstone, C.4
- Kourbanis, I.4
- Lukens, P.4
- Skow, D.4
- Wu, G.H.4
- Alverson, G.5
- Chang, P.5
- Dlugosz, W.5
- Faissler, W.5
- Garelick, D.5
- Glaubman, M.5
- Lirakis, C.5
- Pothier, E.5
- Yasuda, T.5
- Gutierrez, P.6
- Hartman, K.7
- Oh, B.Y.7
- Toothacker, W.7
- Whitmore, J.7
- Blusk, S.R.8
- Chung, W.H.8
- Engels, E. Jr.8
- Shepard, P.F.8
- Weerasundara, D.D.S.8
- DeBarbaro, L.9
- Dunlea, J.9
- Fanourakis, G.9
- Ferbel, T.9
- Ginther, G.9
- Lobkowicz, F.9
- Mansour, J.9
- Prebys, E.9
- Roser, R.9
- Slattery, P.9
- Varelas, N.9
- Zielinski, M.9
- 1. Physics and Astronomy Dept., Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)
- 2. Physics Dept., Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States)
- 3. Dept. of Physics and Astrophysics, Delhi Univ. (India)
- 4. Fermilab, Batavia, IL (United States)
- 5. Dept. of Physics, Northeastern Univ., Boston, MA (United States)
- 6. Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (United States)
- 7. Dept. of Physics, Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)
- 8. Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
- 9. Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States)
Description
We describe the design, construction and operation of a straw-tube drift chamber consisting of four X and four Y planes of 16 mm diameter straw-tubes, each 280 cm long. Straws were glued together for rigidity and were mounted into a frame which served as a gas manifold and maintained wire-to-wire precision. A novel conductive gasket was used to seal the tubes and provide electrical contact to the aluminized surface of the straws. The chamber has been successfully used in a high rate experiment (E706 at Fermilab) and has achieved its design resolution of better than 250 μm per tube averaged over the whole chamber. (orig.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A
- Journal Volume
- 307
- Journal Issue
- 2/3
- Series
- Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. A.
- Journal Page Range
- 292-297
- ISSN
- 0168-9002
- CODEN
- NIMAE
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Netherlands
- INIS RN
- 23028324
- Subject category
- S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- COUNTING RATES; DRIFT CHAMBERS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON DRIFT; PARTICLE TRACKS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TUBES
- Descriptors DEC
- MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MULTIWIRE PROPORTIONAL CHAMBER; PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RESOLUTION