The Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF)
A description of the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF) is given. It is a calorimetric detector, which covers almost the complete solid angle around the interaction region with segmented calorimeter ''towers''. A 1.5 Tesla superconducting solenoid, 3m in diameter and 5m long, provides a uniform magnetic field in the central region for magnetic analysis of charged particles. The magnetic field volume is filled with a large cylindrical drift chamber and a set of Time Projection Chambers. Muon detection is accomplished with drift chambers outside the calorimeters in the central region and with large magnetized steel toroids and associated drift chambers in the forward-backward regions. The electronics has a large dynamic range to allow measurement of both high energy clusters and small energy depositions made by penetrating muons. Interesting events are identified by a trigger system which, together with the rest of the data acquisition system, is FASTBUS based.
- Research Organization:
- Fermi National Accelerator Lab., P.O. Box 500, Batavia, IL 60510
- OSTI ID:
- 6031114
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-851009-
- Journal Information:
- IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.; (United States), Vol. NS-33:1; Conference: IEEE nuclear science symposium, San Francisco, CA, USA, 23 Oct 1985
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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CDF
DESIGN
CHARGED PARTICLES
DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
DRIFT CHAMBERS
ENERGY ABSORPTION
FASTBUS SYSTEM
FERMILAB ACCELERATOR
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MUONS
PROJECTION SPARK CHAMBERS
SHOWER COUNTERS
SOLENOIDS
SUPERCONDUCTING COILS
TORI
TRIGGER CIRCUITS
ABSORPTION
ACCELERATORS
CYCLIC ACCELERATORS
ELECTRIC COILS
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
EQUIPMENT
FERMIONS
GAS TRACK DETECTORS
LEPTONS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MULTIWIRE PROPORTIONAL CHAMBERS
PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS
PULSE CIRCUITS
RADIATION DETECTORS
SPARK CHAMBERS
SYNCHROTRONS
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