A SIMPLE READOUT METHOD FOR MWPCS WITH HIGH-RATE AND SUBMILLIMETER RESOLUTION

Authors
FONTE P
Citation
P. Fonte, A SIMPLE READOUT METHOD FOR MWPCS WITH HIGH-RATE AND SUBMILLIMETER RESOLUTION, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 348(2-3), 1994, pp. 338-343
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
348
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
338 - 343
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1994)348:2-3<338:ASRMFM>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
In this work we describe the experimental tests of a new approach to t he fast digital readout of MWPCs: electronic subdivision of the cathod e strips increases the readout granularity, while a special coding met hod allows one to extract the address information from a small number of analogue channels with very simple electronics. The principle is de monstrated to be correct and a quite satisfactory performance is obser ved. This method may help to create economically the large and fast re adout systems necessary for high-luminosity colliders and synchrotron radiation research. Also space-borne applications may profit from redu ced weight and power requirements.