Recent developments on the STAR detector system at RHIC

Conference · Mon Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1997

OSTI ID:645595

Wieman, H ^[1]; Adams, D L ^[2]; Added, N ^[3]

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1. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab., CA (United States)
2. Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States)
3. Univ. de Sao Paulo (Brazil); and others

The STAR detector system is designed to provide tracking, momentum analysis and particle identification for many of the mid-rapidity charged particles produced in collisions at the RHIC collider. A silicon vertex detector (SVT) provides three layers of tracking near the interaction point. This is followed by the main time projection chamber (TPC), which continues tracking out to 200 cm radial distance from the interaction region. The detector design also includes an electromagnetic calorimeter, various trigger detectors, and radial TPCs in the forward region. The entire system is enclosed in a 0.5 T solenoid magnet. A progress report is given for the various components of the STAR detector system. The authors report on the recent developments in the detector proto-typing and construction, with an emphasis on the main TPC, recent TPC cosmic ray testing and shipping to Brookhaven National Laboratory.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab., CA (United States); Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098; AC02-98CH10886
• OSTI ID: 645595
• Report Number(s): BNL--65384; CONF-971231--; ON: DE98004989; BR: KB0201000
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
44 INSTRUMENTATION
INCLUDING NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE DETECTORS
BROOKHAVEN RHIC
PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION
PERFORMANCE TESTING
RADIATION DETECTORS
TIME PROJECTION CHAMBERS