Experimental studies of elementary particle interactions at high energies. Technical progress report
In the past year, our research program encompassed four major areas: the UA-6 experiment at CERN, the CDF (Collider Detector at Fermilab) experiment at Fermilab, the SDC (Solenoidal Detector Collaboration) experiment of the SSC (Superconducting Super Collider), and an R&D project for the development of High Pressure Gas Calorimetry for high luminosity colliders. The UA-6 experiment studies direct-{gamma} and J/{psi} production in pp and {bar p}p interactions at {radical}s = 22.5 GeV. In the CDF experiment we have concentrated in the plug calorimeter upgrade program, which involves replacing the plug and forward calorimetry with a more compact calorimeter based on scintillator tiles being readout with wave-length shifting (WLS) fibers. In the SDC experiment, we have taken primary responsibility for the Preshower/Shower-Maximum detectors. We wrote the original shower-maximum proposal for the SDC and have contributed to detector simulations, scintillator/WLS-fiber light yield measurements, building prototype preshower and shower-maximum detectors and measuring their performance in a test beam, and developing novel photosensitive devices to read out the fibers. The High Pressure Gas Calorimeter project has been very successful. A prototype parallel plate iron based electromagnetic calorimeter was designed, constructed and tested in an electron beam at Fermilab. The results were very encouraging. We are presently working on a new design, which would be more suitable for the construction of economical, large scale calorimeters, such as those needed for the forward region of SDC and FAD.
- Research Organization:
- Rockefeller Univ., New York, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG02-91ER40651; AC02-87ER40325
- OSTI ID:
- 10189004
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ER/40651-3; RU-92/E-36; ON: DE93003652; CNN: Grant RGFY 9160; Grant RGFY 9260; Grant RGFY 92128
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 1 Oct 1992
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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