Liquid argon Time Projection Chamber

Conference · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1984 · AIP Conf. Proc.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5648900

Doe, P J; Mahler, H J; Chen, H H

The principal features of the liquid argon TPC are outlined and the status of development efforts, particularly at UCI, are discussed. Technical problems associated with liquid TPC's are: the liquid must be maintained at a high level of purity to enable long distance drifting of ionization electrons, and the signal size is small due to the absence of practical charge multiplication as found in gas chambers. These problems have been largely resolved in studies using small (1 to 100 l) detectors, thus allowing a realistic consideration of the physics potential of such devices.

• Research Organization: Univ. of California, Irvine
• OSTI ID: 5648900
• Report Number(s): CONF-8306139-; TRN: 85-018038
• Journal Information: AIP Conf. Proc.; (United States), Vol. 108; Conference: Time projection chamber workshop, Vancouver, Canada, 23 Jun 1983
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
DRIFT CHAMBERS
DESIGN
PERFORMANCE
ARGON
ENERGY RESOLUTION
LIQUIDS
PARTICLE TRACKS
SCINTILLATIONS
ELEMENTS
FLUIDS
GASES
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MULTIWIRE PROPORTIONAL CHAMBERS
NONMETALS
PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS
RADIATION DETECTORS
RARE GASES
RESOLUTION
440101* - Radiation Instrumentation- General Detectors or Monitors & Radiometric Instruments