Published May 1, 1992 | Version v1
Journal article

First experience with the NA35-TPC in heavy ion collisions

  • 1. Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (United States)
  • 2. Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt (Germany)
  • 3. Fachbereich Physik, Univ. Frankfurt (Germany)
  • 4. Max-Planck-Inst. fuer Physik, Muenchen (Germany)

Description

The NA35 collaboration has constructed a time projection chamber (TPC) with a sensitive volume of 240x125x112 cm3. The chamber is operated without a magnetic field and uses pad readout only. During the 1990 run with the 32S-beam at CERN 500k events were recorded. A description of the detector is given and the performance concerning the position measuring accuracy, two-track resolution, and particle identification by ionisation measurements is discussed. (orig.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A
Journal Volume
315
Journal Issue
1-3
Series
Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. A.
Journal Page Range
33-38
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAE

Conference

Title
Frontier detectors for frontier physics.
Acronym
5. Pisa meeting on advanced detectors
Dates
26-31 May 1991.
Place
La Biodola, Elba (Italy).