Absolute position measurement in a gas time projection chamber via transverse diffusion of drift charge

Lewis, P. M.; Vahsen, S. E.; Seong, I. S.; Hedges, M. T.; Jaegle, I.; Thorpe, T. N.

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2015.03.024

Title: Absolute position measurement in a gas time projection chamber via transverse diffusion of drift charge

Abstract

Time Projection Chambers (TPCs) with charge readout via micro pattern gaseous detectors can provide detailed measurements of charge density distributions. We here report on measurements of alpha particle tracks, using a TPC where the drift charge is amplified with Gas Electron Multipliers and detected with a pixel ASIC. We find that by measuring the 3-D topology of drift charge and fitting for its transverse diffusion, we obtain the absolute position of tracks in the drift direction. For example, we obtain a precision of 1~cm for 1~cm-long alpha track segments. To our knowledge this is the first demonstration of such a measurement in a gas TPC. This technique has several attractive features: it does not require knowledge of the initial specific ionization, is robust against bias from diffuse charge below detection threshold, and is also robust against high charge densities that saturate the detector response.

Authors:

^[1]; Vahsen, S. E. ^[1]; Seong, I. S. ^[1]; Hedges, M. T. ^[1];

^[1]; Thorpe, T. N. ^[1]

Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI (United States)

Publication Date:: Sat Mar 21 00:00:00 EDT 2015

Research Org.:: Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

OSTI Identifier:: 1598671

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1247393

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0010504; SC0007852

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 789; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

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                    Lewis, P. M., Vahsen, S. E., Seong, I. S., Hedges, M. T., Jaegle, I., and Thorpe, T. N. Absolute position measurement in a gas time projection chamber via transverse diffusion of drift charge.  United States: N. p., 2015. 
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                    Lewis, P. M., Vahsen, S. E., Seong, I. S., Hedges, M. T., Jaegle, I., and Thorpe, T. N. Sat .  
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@article{osti_1598671,

  title        = {Absolute position measurement in a gas time projection chamber via transverse diffusion of drift charge},

  author       = {Lewis, P. M. and Vahsen, S. E. and Seong, I. S. and Hedges, M. T. and Jaegle, I. and Thorpe, T. N.},

  abstractNote = {Time Projection Chambers (TPCs) with charge readout via micro pattern gaseous detectors can provide detailed measurements of charge density distributions. We here report on measurements of alpha particle tracks, using a TPC where the drift charge is amplified with Gas Electron Multipliers and detected with a pixel ASIC. We find that by measuring the 3-D topology of drift charge and fitting for its transverse diffusion, we obtain the absolute position of tracks in the drift direction. For example, we obtain a precision of 1~cm for 1~cm-long alpha track segments. To our knowledge this is the first demonstration of such a measurement in a gas TPC. This technique has several attractive features: it does not require knowledge of the initial specific ionization, is robust against bias from diffuse charge below detection threshold, and is also robust against high charge densities that saturate the detector response.},

  doi          = {10.1016/j.nima.2015.03.024},

  journal      = {Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment},

  number       = C,

  volume       = 789,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Sat Mar 21 00:00:00 EDT 2015},

  month        = {Sat Mar 21 00:00:00 EDT 2015}

}

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journal, October 1978

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journal, January 1999

Discovery of multiple, ionization-created CS ₂ anions and a new mode of operation for drift chambers
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Spin-dependent limits from the DRIFT-IId directional dark matter detector
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journal, February 1997

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