DRIFT VELOCITY-MEASUREMENT USING MSGCS IN A TEST BEAM

Authors
STUART GC ARMITAGE JC DIXIT MS DUBEAU J OAKHAM FG TAYLOR SC
Citation
Gc. Stuart et al., DRIFT VELOCITY-MEASUREMENT USING MSGCS IN A TEST BEAM, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 357(2-3), 1995, pp. 605-606
Citations number
5
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
357
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
605 - 606
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1995)357:2-3<605:DVUMIA>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
A novel method of determining electron drift velocity at high electric fields uses plastic MicroStrip Gas Counters (MSGCs) operating in a te st beam. The data from angled tracks through a MSGC provided a distanc e versus time relationship from which a drift velocity of 36.5 +/- 2 m u m/ns was obtained for an 90/10 argon/isobutane gas mix and an electr ic field of 4 kV/cm.