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The DELPHI time projection chamber
- Source :
- IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. 36:122-126
- Publication Year :
- 1989
- Publisher :
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 1989.
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Abstract
- The central tracking device of the DELPHI experiment is a time projection chamber (TPC) with an active volume of 2*1.34 m in length and 2.22 m in diameter. Since spring 1988 the TPC has undergone extensive tests in a cosmic ray setup. It has been equipped with its final readout electronics for one complete sector ( approximately 2000 channels) and has been operated since with cosmic rays as well as with the laser system and all the other calibration devices. First results indicate that the TPC behaves as expected, but more work and analysis is needed to quote final numbers. It will be installed in the LEP tunnel by early 1989. The authors describe the construction, the readout electronics, and the contribution of the TPC to the Delphi trigger. Emphasis is given to novel features which are not used in similar detectors. >
- Subjects :
- Physics
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Wire chamber
Time projection chamber
Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors
business.industry
Detector
Electrical engineering
Cosmic ray
Tracking (particle physics)
Particle detector
Nuclear Energy and Engineering
Nuclear electronics
Calibration
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15581578 and 00189499
- Volume :
- 36
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........87143fb4567aaf1cec2e6c4ee192b03c