1. A Radial Time Projection Chamber for $\alpha$ detection in CLAS at JLab
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S. Minutoli, A. El Alaoui, Paolo Musico, S. E. Kuhn, M. Battaglieri, B. Torayev, R. De Vita, R. Dupre, K. Hafidi, S. Stepanyan, S. Bueltmann, N. A. Baltzell, Y. Perrin, E. Voutier, A. Celentano, Katya Kosheleva, M. Hattawy, M. Oliver, L. El Fassi, H. C. Fenker, Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP ), Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay ( IPNO ), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 ( UP11 ) -Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS ( IN2P3 ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie ( LPSC ), and Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 ( UJF ) -Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology ( Grenoble INP ) -Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS ( IN2P3 ) -Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -Université Grenoble Alpes ( UGA )
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Nuclear reaction ,Nuclear and High Energy Physics ,Meson production ,Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors ,Nuclear Theory ,Measure (physics) ,Nuclear physics ,[PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex] ,01 natural sciences ,time projection chamber: design ,010305 fluids & plasmas ,Gas electron multipliers ,High Energy Physics - Experiment ,helium: nucleus ,[ PHYS.HEXP ] Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex] ,CLAS ,0103 physical sciences ,Calibration ,[PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex] ,meson: production ,[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det] ,[ PHYS.NEXP ] Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex] ,010306 general physics ,Nuclear Experiment ,[ PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET ] Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det] ,Instrumentation ,Alpha particles ,nucleus: recoil ,Physics ,deeply virtual Compton scattering: coherence ,Time projection chamber ,Spectrometer ,Compton scattering ,Alpha particle ,calibration ,sensitivity ,DVCS ,performance - Abstract
A new Radial Time Projection Chamber (RTPC) was developed at the Jefferson Laboratory to track low-energy nuclear recoils for the purpose of measuring exclusive nuclear reactions, such as coherent Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering and coherent meson production off $^4$He. In such processes, the $^4$He nucleus remains intact in the final state, however the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer (CLAS) cannot track the low energy $\alpha$ particles. In 2009, we carried out measurements using the CLAS spectrometer supplemented by the RTPC positioned directly around a gaseous $^4$He target, allowing a detection threshold as low as 12$\sim$MeV for $^4$He. This article discusses the design, principle of operation, calibration methods and the performances of this RTPC.
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- 2017