Published 1981 | Version v1
Report

Experience with the axial field spectrometer drift chamber at the ISR

  • 1. European Organization for Nuclear Research, Geneva, Switzerland

Description

The Axial Field Spectrometer (AFS) at the CERN ISR was designed to study events characterized by large transverse momenta. It required a low mass vertex detector providing good momentum resolution in a solenoidal magnetic field of 0.5 T, powerful pattern recognition for high event rates and particle densities and particle identification in the non-relativistic region (1). The detector has been operated at typical luminosities up to L = 2 x 1031/cm2 sec over the past 1.5 years and recently, for periods of hours only, up to L = 1032/cm2 sec

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Title
ISABELLE. Volume 4. Detector R and D
Journal Page Range
p. 1223-1228.
Report number
BNL--51443-Vol.4

Conference

Title
Physics opportunities at ISABELLE summer workshop.
Dates
20 - 31 Jul 1981.
Place
Upton, NY, USA.

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
13684696
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
CERN ISR; COUNTING RATES; DRIFT CHAMBERS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION; PERFORMANCE; RESOLUTION; SOLENOIDS
Descriptors DEC
DATA; ELECTRIC COILS; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; INFORMATION; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MULTIWIRE PROPORTIONAL CHAMBER; NUMERICAL DATA; PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS; RADIATION DETECTORS; STORAGE RINGS