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Development of a GEM-TPC prototype
- Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- The use of GEM foils for the amplification stage of a TPC instead of a con- ventional MWPC allows one to bypass the necessity of gating, as the backdrift is suppressed thanks to the asymmetric field configuration. This way, a novel continuously running TPC, which represents one option for the PANDA central tracker, can be realized. A medium sized prototype with a diameter of 300 mm and a length of 600 mm will be tested inside the FOPI spectrometer at GSI using a carbon or lithium beam at intermediate energies (E = 1-3AGeV). This detector test under realistic experimental conditions should allow us to verify the spatial resolution for single tracks and the reconstruction capability for displaced vertexes. A series of physics measurement implying pion beams is scheduled with the FOPI spectrometer together with the GEM-TPC as well.<br />Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures, Proceedings for 11th ICATTP conference in como (italy)
- Subjects :
- Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
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Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.0911.0759
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1142/9789814307529_0129