1. Behavior of TPC's in a high particle flux environment
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Etkin, A., Eiseman, S.E., Foley, K.J., Hackenburg, R.W., Longacre, R.S., Love, W.A., Morris, T.W., Platner, E.D., Saulys, A.C., Lindenbaum, S.J., Chan, C.S., Kramer, M.A., Zhao, K.H., Zhu, Y., Hallman, T.J., Madansky, L., Ahmad, S., Bonner, B.E., Buchanan, J.A., Chiou, C.N., Clement, J.M., Mutchler, G.S., and Roberts, J.B.
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Detectors -- Research ,Nuclear track detectors -- Research ,Business ,Electronics ,Electronics and electrical industries - Abstract
A study was done on the performance of Time Projection Chambers (TPC) in a high particle flux environment. Results show small measurements of distortions due to ion loading in the TPC even at very high effective particle fluxes. These findings indicate that TPCs can be used at Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) even at the highest planned luminosity. TPCs were also shown to be excellent detectors for RHIC.
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- 1992