A STRAW CHAMBERS TRACKER FOR THE HIGH-RATE EXPERIMENT 835 AT THE FERMILAB ACCUMULATOR

Authors
BAGNASCO S DUGHERA G GIRAUDO G GOVI G MARCHETTO F MENICHETTI E PASTRONE N RUMERIO P TRAPANI PP
Citation
S. Bagnasco et al., A STRAW CHAMBERS TRACKER FOR THE HIGH-RATE EXPERIMENT 835 AT THE FERMILAB ACCUMULATOR, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 409(1-3), 1998, pp. 75-78
Citations number
3
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
409
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
75 - 78
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1998)409:1-3<75:ASCTFT>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Two layers of proportional drift tubes (aluminum mylar straws) are sta ggered in two cylindrical light chambers to measure charged particles' azimuthal angle. To stand the high rates (similar to 10 kHz/cm(2)) an d minimize the pile-up of the high luminosity experiment 835 at FNAL, a fast ASIC Amplifier-Shaper-Discriminator (ASD-8B) was chosen. The fr ont-end electronics, designed exclusively with SMD components, was mou nted on the downstream end plug of each chamber to avoid oscillations and noise. Design, construction and operational performances of these detectors are presented. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights res erved.