Large area spark counters with fine time and position resolution

Conference · Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1983

OSTI ID:5150447

Ogawa, A; Atwood, W B; Fujiwara, N; Pestov, Yu N; Sugahara, R

Spark counters trace their history back over three decades but have been used in only a limited number of experiments. The key properties of these devices include their capability of precision timing (at the sub 100 ps level) and of measuring the position of the charged particle to high accuracy. At SLAC we have undertaken a program to develop these devices for use in high energy physics experiments involving large detectors. A spark counter of size 1.2 m x 0.1 m has been constructed and has been operating continuously in our test setup for several months. In this talk I will discuss some details of its construction and its properties as a particle detector. 14 references.

• Research Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, CA (USA); Nara Women's Univ. (Japan). Dept. of Physics; AN SSSR, Novosibirsk. Inst. Yadernoj Fiziki; National Lab. for High Energy Physics, Oho, Ibaraki (Japan)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00515
• OSTI ID: 5150447
• Report Number(s): SLAC-PUB-3298; CONF-831015-41; ON: DE84007804
• Resource Relation: Conference: Nuclear science symposium, San Francisco, CA, USA, 19 Oct 1983; Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
SPARK COUNTERS
DESIGN
SPATIAL RESOLUTION
TIME RESOLUTION
PERFORMANCE
POSITION SENSITIVE DETECTORS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
RADIATION DETECTORS
RESOLUTION
TIMING PROPERTIES
440104* - Radiation Instrumentation- High Energy Physics Instrumentation