Overview of the GEM muon system cosmic ray test program at the SSCL

Conference · Thu Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:67497

Milner, E C

Muon track resolution exceeding 75-{mu}m per plane is one of the main strengths of the GEM detector design, and will be crucial in searches for Higgs Bosons, heavy Z-Bosons, technicolor, and supersymmetry. Achieving this resolution coal requires improved precision in muon chambers and their alignment. A cosmic ray test stand known as the Texas Test Rio, (TTR) has been created at the SSCL for studying candidate GEM muon chamber technologies. Test results led to selecting Cathode Strip Chambers (CSC) as the GEM muon system baseline chamber technology.

• Research Organization: Superconducting Super Collider Lab., Dallas, TX (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC35-89ER40486
• OSTI ID: 67497
• Report Number(s): SSCL-Preprint-256; CONF-930537-116; ON: DE95011115
• Resource Relation: Conference: 5. annual international industrial symposium on the Super Collider and exhibition, San Francisco, CA (United States), 6-8 May 1993; Other Information: PBD: Apr 1993
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

44 INSTRUMENTATION
INCLUDING NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE DETECTORS
66 PHYSICS
MUON DETECTION
ENERGY RESOLUTION
COSMIC MUONS
PARTICLE TRACKS
HIGGS BOSONS
PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION
SUPERSYMMETRY
TESTING
COSMIC RAY DETECTION