Published February 1, 2002
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Journal article
Tracking with 40x40 cm2 MICROMEGAS detectors in the high energy, high luminosity COMPASS experiment
Description
Large size 40x40 cm2 gaseous microstrip MICROMEGAS detectors are used for the charged particle tracking in the COMPASS experiment at CERN. The commissioning was performed using a 160 GeV muon beam of up to 1.5x108 particles per SPS spill. Position resolution of ≤70 μm and timing resolution of ≤10 ns are achieved. A printed circuit board of 60x120 cm2 surface and 100 μm thickness allows to move the front-end electronics components outside of the spectrometer acceptance, hence keeping the amount of material within acceptance minimum. These detectors fulfill the stringent requirements of the COMPASS spectrometry
Additional details
Identifiers
- PII
- S0168900201017594;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
- Journal Volume
- 478
- Journal Issue
- 1-2
- Journal Page Range
- p. 210-214
- ISSN
- 0168-9002
- CODEN
- NIMAER
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 34001272
- Subject category
- S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- CHARGED PARTICLE DETECTION; MUON BEAMS; PARTICLE TRACKS; SPECTROSCOPY; TIME RESOLUTION
- Descriptors DEC
- BEAMS; DETECTION; LEPTON BEAMS; PARTICLE BEAMS; RADIATION DETECTION; RESOLUTION; TIMING PROPERTIES
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.