Published November 1, 1996 | Version v1
Journal article

The SOUDAN 2 detector. The operation and performance of the tracking calorimeter modules

Creators

  • 1. Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225 (United States)
  • 2. Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155 (United States)
  • 3. Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX (United Kingdom)
  • 4. Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RH (United Kingdom)
  • 5. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 (United States)
  • 6. Argonne Nat. Lab., IL (United States)

Description

SOUDAN 2 is a 960-ton tracking calorimeter which has been constructed to search for nucleon decay and other phenomena. The full detector consists of 224 calorimeter modules each weighing 4.3 tons. The modules consist of finely segmented iron instrumented with 1 m long drift tubes of 15 mm internal diameter. The tubes enable three spatial coordinates and d E/d x to be recorded for charged particles traversing the tubes. The spatial resolution is 0.38 cm in the x-y plane and 0.65 cm in the z, or drift, direction. The operation and performance of the modules are discussed. (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
2-3
Journal Page Range
p. 385-397.
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAER