BEAM TEST OF A 12-LAYER SCINTILLATING-FIBER CHARGED-PARTICLE TRACKINGSYSTEM

Authors
ABBOTT B HOWELL BL KOLTICK D MCILWAIN RL SCHMITZ CJ SHIBATA EI ZHOU Z BAUMBAUGH B IVANCIC M JAQUES J KEHOE R KELLEY M MAHONEY M MARCHANT J RUCHTI R WAYNE M ATAC M BAUMBAUGH A ELIAS JE ROMERO A CHRISMAN D PARK J ADAMS MR CHUNG M GOLDBERG H MARGULIES S SOLOMON J CHANEY R ORGERON J ARMSTRONG T LEWIS RA MITCHELL GS MOORE RS PASSANEAU J SMITH GA CORCORAN M ADAMS D BIRD F FENKER H REGAN T THOMAS J
Citation
B. Abbott et al., BEAM TEST OF A 12-LAYER SCINTILLATING-FIBER CHARGED-PARTICLE TRACKINGSYSTEM, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 339(3), 1994, pp. 439-448
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
339
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
439 - 448
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1994)339:3<439:BTOA1S>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
A 96-channel, 3-superlayer, scintillating-fiber tracking system has be en tested in a 5 GeV/c pi(-) beam. The scintillating fibers were 830 m u m in diameter, spaced 850 mu m apart, and 4.3 m in length. They were coupled to 6 m long, clear fiber waveguides and finally to visible li ght photon counters. A spatial resolution of similar to 150 mu m for a double-layered ribbon was achieved with this tracking system. This fi rst prototype of a charged-particle tracking system configured for the Solenoidal Detector Collaboration at the Superconducting Super Collid er is a benchmark in verifying the expected number of photoelectrons f rom the fibers.