The GlueX central drift chamber: Design and performance

Journal Article · Fri Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · Nuclear Instruments and Methods A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2010.06.272· OSTI ID:1008172

Van Haarlem, Y; Barbosa, F; Dey, B; Lawrence, D; Razmyslovich, V; Smith, Visser; Whitlatch, T; Wilkin, G; Zihlmann, B

Tests and studies concerning the design and performance of the GlueX Central Drift Chamber (CDC) are presented. A full-scale prototype was built to test and steer the mechanical and electronic design. Small scale prototypes were constructed to test for sagging and to do timing and resolution studies of the detector. These studies were used to choose the gas mixture and to program a Monte Carlo simulation that can predict the detector response in an external magnetic field. Particle identification and charge division possibilities were also investigated.

• Research Organization: Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-06OR23177
• OSTI ID: 1008172
• Report Number(s): JLAB-PHY-10-1314; DOE/OR/23177-1488; TRN: US201106%%317
• Journal Information: Nuclear Instruments and Methods A, Vol. 622, Issue 1; ISSN 0168-9002
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
DESIGN
DRIFT CHAMBERS
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MIXTURES
PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION
PERFORMANCE
RESOLUTION
SIMULATION