Published September 15, 1985 | Version v1
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Dimethyl ether reviewed: New results on using this gas in a high-precision drift chamber

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Two years ago, dimethyl ether (DME) was presented, for the first time, as a suitable gas for high-precision drift chambers. In fact our tests show that resolutions can be obtained which are better by at least a factor of 2 compared to what one can get with conventional gases. Moreover, DME is very well quenched. The feared formation of whiskers on the wires has not occurred, at least after months of use with a 10 μCi 106Ru source. (orig.)

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Journal Title
Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. A
Journal Volume
239
Journal Issue
3
Series
Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. A.
Journal Page Range
497-505
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAE