Published December 1, 2003 | Version v1
Journal article

Test-beam aging studies of a TMAE prototype for the HERA-B RICH

Description

The aging properties of a wire chamber, operating in a methane/TMAE gas mixture, were studied in a beam test. We emphasize here the precautions taken to minimize aging due to materials used in the chamber, and the redundancy in the design of the test. We compare our aging results to those recorded in the literature and find good agreement in the overall aging properties as a function of dose. We also report the results of increasing the high voltage of the aged chamber to restore the gain

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nima.2003.09.016;
PII
S0168900203024872;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Journal Volume
515
Journal Issue
1-2
Journal Page Range
p. 313-318
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAER

Conference

Title
International workshop on aging phenomena in gaseous detectors
Dates
2-5 Oct 2001
Place
Hamburg (Germany)

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Slovenia
INIS RN
35047894
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
AGING; METHANE; MULTIWIRE IONIZATION CHAMBERS; MULTIWIRE PROPORTIONAL CHAMBERS; STRONTIUM
Descriptors DEC
ALKALINE EARTH METALS; ALKANES; ELEMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; METALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS; RADIATION DETECTORS

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Copyright (c) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.