A TPC (Time Projection Chamber) detector for the study of high multiplicity heavy ion collisions

Conference · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:7166406

Rai, G; Arthur, A; Bieser, F; Harnden, C W; Jones, R; Klienfelder, S; Lee, K; Matis, H S; Nakamura, M; McParland, C; Nesbitt, D; Odyniec, G; Olson, D; Pugh, H G; Ritter, H G; Symons, T J.M.; Wieman, H; Wright, M; Wright, R ^[1]; Rudge, A ^[2]

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1. Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA)
2. California Univ., Davis, CA (USA)

The design of a Time Projection Chamber (TPC) detector with complete pad coverage is presented. The TPC will allow the measurements of high multiplicity ({approx} 200 tracks) relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions initiated with the heaviest, most energetic projectiles available at the LBL BEVALAC accelerator facility. The front end electronics, composed of over 15,000 time sampling channels, will be located on the chamber. The highly integrated, custom designed, electronics and the VME based data acquisition system are described. 10 refs., 8 figs., 1 tab.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/ER
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 7166406
• Report Number(s): LBL-28141; CONF-900143-28; ON: DE90007077; TRN: 90-007141
• Resource Relation: Conference: Institute for Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE) nuclear science symposium, San Francisco, CA (USA), 22-26 Jan 1990
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
TIME PROJECTION CHAMBERS
DESIGN
AMPLIFIERS
DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
HEAVY ION REACTIONS
MULTIPLICITY
CHARGED-PARTICLE REACTIONS
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
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