Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF)

Conference · Tue Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1985

OSTI ID:6459077

Jensen, H B

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. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH03000
• OSTI ID: 6459077
• Report Number(s): FNAL/C-85/150; CONF-851009-20; ON: DE86003033
• Resource Relation: Conference: IEEE nuclear science symposium, San Francisco, CA, USA, 23 Oct 1985; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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READOUT SYSTEMS
SHOWER COUNTERS
TESTING
CHARGED PARTICLE DETECTION
DETECTION
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
RADIATION DETECTION
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