Performance of the E715 transition radiation detector

Conference · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:5937506

Denisov, A; Grachev, V; Kulikov, A; Schegelsky, V; Seliverstov, D; Smirnov, N; Terentyev, N; Tkatch, I; Vorobyov, A; Hsueh, S Y

The transition radiation detector (TRD) consisted of 12 identical modules, each containing a radiator and a multiwire proportional counter (MWPC). A TRD is found to be an effective device for the identification of electrons in a large hadron background at Tevatron energies. The TRD proved to be a stable and reliable device with performance parameters in close agreement with theoretical predictions. The combination of a TRD with a lead glass calorimeter proved to be a very powerful method of electron identification. (LEW)

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Lab., Batavia, IL (USA); AN SSSR, Leningrad. Inst. Yadernoj Fiziki; Chicago Univ., IL (USA). Enrico Fermi Inst.; Elmhurst Coll., IL (USA). Dept. of Physics; Iowa Univ., Iowa City (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH03000
• OSTI ID: 5937506
• Report Number(s): FNAL/C-84/134-E; CONF-8410222-9; ON: DE85006744
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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440104* -- Radiation Instrumentation-- High Energy Physics Instrumentation
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
BARYONS
CHARGED PARTICLE DETECTION
DECAY
DETECTION
ELECTRON DETECTION
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
FERMIONS
HADRONS
HYPERONS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MULTIWIRE PROPORTIONAL CHAMBERS
PARTICLE DECAY
PERFORMANCE
PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS
RADIATION DETECTION
RADIATION DETECTORS
SCINTILLATION COUNTERS
SEMILEPTONIC DECAY
SHOWERS
SIGMA MINUS
SIGMA PARTICLES
STRANGE PARTICLES
WEAK PARTICLE DECAY