A STUDY OF MWPC WITH CHEVRON CATHODE PAD READOUT

Authors
BARRETTE J DAI Y FILIMONOV K GAN D MARK SK QI YJ ROSATI M STARINSKI N WANG M ZHANG B YU B LIBBY B
Citation
J. Barrette et al., A STUDY OF MWPC WITH CHEVRON CATHODE PAD READOUT, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 385(3), 1997, pp. 523-529
Citations number
21
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
385
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
523 - 529
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1997)385:3<523:ASOMWC>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
An investigation of MWPCs with interpolating chevron shaped cathode pa d readout has been carried out as pair of the R&D for the particle tra cking system of the PHENIX detector at RHIC. Two prototype chambers we re designed and constructed. Their response to minimum ionizing partic les was tested with secondary beams from the AGS accelerator system at the Brookhaven National Laboratory. Results on resolution, differenti al non-linearity and overall performance for different chevron pattern s and cell geometries are presented.