A radial time projection chamber for α detection in CLAS at JLab

Dupre, R.; Stepanyan, S.; Hattawy, M.; Baltzell, N.; Hafidi, K.; Battaglieri, M.; Bueltmann, S.; Celentano, A.; De Vita, R.; El Alaoui, A.; El Fassi, L.; Fenker, H.; Kosheleva, K.; Kuhn, S.; Musico, P.; Minutoli, S.; Oliver, M.; Perrin, Y.; Torayev, B.; Voutier, E.

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2018.04.052

Title: A radial time projection chamber for $α$ detection in CLAS at JLab

Journal Article · Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2018.04.052· OSTI ID:1438600

Dupre, R. ^[1]; Stepanyan, S. ^[2]; Hattawy, M. ^[1]; Baltzell, N. ^[3]; Hafidi, K. ^[4]; Battaglieri, M. ^[5]; Bueltmann, S. ^[6]; Celentano, A. ^[5]; De Vita, R. ^[5]; El Alaoui, A. ^[7]; El Fassi, L. ^[8]; Fenker, H. ^[2]; Kosheleva, K. ^[4]; Kuhn, S. ^[6]; Musico, P. ^[5]; Minutoli, S. ^[5]; Oliver, M. ^[9]; Perrin, Y. ^[10]; Torayev, B. ^[6]; Voutier, E. ^[11]

Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Orsay (France). Inst. of Nuclear Physics
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
National Inst. for Nuclear Physics (INFN), Genova (Italy)
Old Dominion Univ., Norfolk, VA (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Federico Santa María Technical Univ., Valparaiso (Chile)
Mississippi State Univ., Mississippi State, MS (United States)
Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States)
Univ. of Grenoble, CNRS/IN2P3 (France). Lab. of Subatomic Physics and Cosmology
Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Orsay (France). Inst. of Nuclear Physics; Univ. of Grenoble, CNRS/IN2P3 (France). Lab. of Subatomic Physics and Cosmology

A new Radial Time Projection Chamber (RTPC) was developed at the Jefferson Laboratory to track low-energy nuclear recoils to measure exclusive nuclear reactions, such as coherent deeply virtual Compton scattering and coherent meson production off 4 He. In 2009, we carried out these measurements using the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer (CLAS) supplemented by the RTPC positioned directly around a gaseous 4 He target, allowing a detection threshold as low as 12 MeV for 4 He. This article discusses the design, principle of operation, calibration methods and performances of this RTPC.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States); Mississippi State Univ., Mississippi State, MS (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Strasbourg (France); National Inst. for Nuclear Physics (INFN) (Italy); Consulate General of France in Jerusalem

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357; AC05-06OR23177; FG02-07ER41528

OSTI ID:: 1438600

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1458985; OSTI ID: 1495289; OSTI ID: 1604151

Report Number(s):: JLAB-PHY-17-2530; DOE/OR/23177-4195; arXiv:1706.10160; 138366; TRN: US1900468

Journal Information:: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 898, Issue C; ISSN 0168-9002

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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