Recent developments on the STAR detector system at RHIC
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab., CA (United States)
- Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States)
- Univ. de Sao Paulo (Brazil); and others
The STAR detector system is designed to provide tracking, momentum analysis and particle identification for many of the mid-rapidity charged particles produced in collisions at the RHIC collider. A silicon vertex detector (SVT) provides three layers of tracking near the interaction point. This is followed by the main time projection chamber (TPC), which continues tracking out to 200 cm radial distance from the interaction region. The detector design also includes an electromagnetic calorimeter, various trigger detectors, and radial TPCs in the forward region. The entire system is enclosed in a 0.5 T solenoid magnet. A progress report is given for the various components of the STAR detector system. The authors report on the recent developments in the detector proto-typing and construction, with an emphasis on the main TPC, recent TPC cosmic ray testing and shipping to Brookhaven National Laboratory.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-76SF00098; AC02-98CH10886
- OSTI ID:
- 645595
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-65384; CONF-971231-; ON: DE98004989; BR: KB0201000; TRN: 98:010226
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Quark matter `97, Tsukuba (Japan), 1-5 Dec 1997; Other Information: PBD: Dec 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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