Large area spark counters with fine time and position resolution

Conference · Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1984 · IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6869827

Ogawa, A; Atwood, W B; Fujiwara, N; Pestov, Yu N; Sugahara, R

The key properties of spark counters include their capability of precision timing (at the sub 100 ps level) and of measuring the position of a charged particle to high accuracy but their use in high energy physics experiments over the last three decades has been limited. At SLAC the authors have undertaken a program to develop spark counters for use in experiments involving large detectors. A spark counter of size 1.2 m X 0.1 m has been constructed and has been operating continuously in their test setup for several months. This paper presents some details of its construction and its properties as a particle detector.

• Research Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00515
• OSTI ID: 6869827
• Report Number(s): CONF-831015-
• Journal Information: IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.; (United States), Vol. 31:1; Conference: Nuclear science symposium, San Francisco, CA, USA, 19 Oct 1983
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
CHARGED PARTICLE DETECTION
SPARK COUNTERS
PERFORMANCE
FABRICATION
SIZE
SPATIAL RESOLUTION
STANFORD LINEAR COLLIDER
SURFACE AREA
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
TIME RESOLUTION
ACCELERATOR FACILITIES
ACCELERATORS
DETECTION
LINEAR ACCELERATORS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
RADIATION DETECTION
RADIATION DETECTORS
RESOLUTION
SURFACE PROPERTIES
TIMING PROPERTIES
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