A UV LASER TECHNIQUE FOR THE LORENTZ EFFECT COMPENSATION STUDIES IN END-CAP CATHODE STRIP CHAMBERS

Authors
BONUSHKIN Y CHRISMAN D HAUSER J JOYCE D MULLER T MITSELMAKHER G PROKOFIEV O GORDEEV A GRATCHEV V STEPHANI D TCHERNIATINE V SHANK J VARNER G WHITAKER S
Citation
Y. Bonushkin et al., A UV LASER TECHNIQUE FOR THE LORENTZ EFFECT COMPENSATION STUDIES IN END-CAP CATHODE STRIP CHAMBERS, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 367(1-3), 1995, pp. 311-315
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
367
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
311 - 315
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1995)367:1-3<311:AULTFT>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
We report on a technique to study the Lorentz effect compensation in m uon end-cap cathode strip chambers in detectors with solenoidal magnet ic fields like GEM and CMS. The method utilizes a pulsed UV laser for depositing a track-like ionization in a chamber volume and a specially designed chamber with a rotating anode wire frame. The optimal compen sation angle was measured to be 26.6+/-0.5 degrees in a 3.4 T magnetic field using the M1 magnet of the RD5 experiment at CERN. The results are in good agreement with simulations.