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Title: Progress and commissioning of the SLD Cherenkov Ring Imaging Detector

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OSTI ID:6015803

We report the recent progress of the SLD Cherenkov Ring Imaging Detector. All of the individual components of the device (TPC's, mirrors, liquid radiator trays) have been completed and installed. Almost half of the electronics packages are installed and operational, and the data acquisition system has been commissioned. The liquid C{sub 6}F{sub 14} recirculation system is functioning. The drift gas supply systems are operating well with TMAE, and the gaseous Freon C{sub 5}F{sub 12} recirculator is being brought on-line. Our monitor and control systems are fully functional. The commissioning of all 40 TPCs at full operating voltage has gone very smoothly. The system shows a remarkable immunity to the SLC backgrounds, and yields very clean events, while operating with a single electron sensitivity.

Research Organization:
Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00515
OSTI ID:
6015803
Report Number(s):
SLAC-PUB-5642-Rev.; CONF-910881-6-Rev.; ON: DE92004947
Resource Relation:
Conference: Particles and fields '91, Vancouver (Canada), 18-22 Aug 1991
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English