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Design and operation of large straw-tube drift chamber planes

Abstract

We describe the design, construction and operation of a straw-tube drift chamber consisting of four X and four Y planes of 16 mm diameter straw-tubes, each 280 cm long. Straws were glued together for rigidity and were mounted into a frame which served as a gas manifold and maintained wire-to-wire precision. A novel conductive gasket was used to seal the tubes and provide electrical contact to the aluminized surface of the straws. The chamber has been successfully used in a high rate experiment (E706 at Fermilab) and has achieved its design resolution of better than 250 {mu}m per tube averaged over the whole chamber. (orig.).
Authors:
Bromberg, C; Brown, D; Huston, J; Maul, A; Miller, R; Nyugen, A; Sorrell, L; Yosef, C; [1]  Mani, S; [2]  Choudhary, B C; Kapoor, V; Shivpuri, R; [3]  Baker, W; DeSoi, W; Johnstone, C; Kourbanis, I; Lukens, P; Skow, D; Wu, G H; [4]  Alverson, G; Chang, P; Dlugosz, W; Faissler, W; Garelick, D; Glaubman, M; Lirakis, C; Pothier, E; Yasuda, T; [5]  Gutierrez, P; [6]  Hartman, K; Oh, B Y; Toothacker, W; Whitmore, J; [7]  Blusk, S R; Chung, W H; Engels, E Jr; Shepard, P F; Weerasundara, D D.S. [8] 
  1. Physics and Astronomy Dept., Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)
  2. Physics Dept., Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States)
  3. Dept. of Physics and Astrophysics, Delhi Univ. (India)
  4. Fermilab, Batavia, IL (United States)
  5. Dept. of Physics, Northeastern Univ., Boston, MA (United States)
  6. Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (United States)
  7. Dept. of Physics, Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)
  8. Dept. of Physics and
Publication Date:
Oct 01, 1991
Product Type:
Journal Article
Reference Number:
AIX-23-028324; EDB-92-061209
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A; (Netherlands); Journal Volume: 307:2/3
Subject:
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; DRIFT CHAMBERS; TUBES; COUNTING RATES; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON DRIFT; PARTICLE TRACKS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MULTIWIRE PROPORTIONAL CHAMBERS; PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RESOLUTION; 440104* - Radiation Instrumentation- High Energy Physics Instrumentation
OSTI ID:
5720704
Country of Origin:
Netherlands
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002; CODEN: NIMAE
Submitting Site:
NLN
Size:
Pages: 292-297
Announcement Date:
May 01, 1992

Citation Formats

Bromberg, C, Brown, D, Huston, J, Maul, A, Miller, R, Nyugen, A, Sorrell, L, Yosef, C, Mani, S, Choudhary, B C, Kapoor, V, Shivpuri, R, Baker, W, DeSoi, W, Johnstone, C, Kourbanis, I, Lukens, P, Skow, D, Wu, G H, Alverson, G, Chang, P, Dlugosz, W, Faissler, W, Garelick, D, Glaubman, M, Lirakis, C, Pothier, E, Yasuda, T, Gutierrez, P, Hartman, K, Oh, B Y, Toothacker, W, Whitmore, J, Blusk, S R, Chung, W H, Engels, E Jr, Shepard, P F, and Weerasundara, D D.S. Design and operation of large straw-tube drift chamber planes. Netherlands: N. p., 1991. Web. doi:10.1016/0168-9002(91)90195-V.
Bromberg, C, Brown, D, Huston, J, Maul, A, Miller, R, Nyugen, A, Sorrell, L, Yosef, C, Mani, S, Choudhary, B C, Kapoor, V, Shivpuri, R, Baker, W, DeSoi, W, Johnstone, C, Kourbanis, I, Lukens, P, Skow, D, Wu, G H, Alverson, G, Chang, P, Dlugosz, W, Faissler, W, Garelick, D, Glaubman, M, Lirakis, C, Pothier, E, Yasuda, T, Gutierrez, P, Hartman, K, Oh, B Y, Toothacker, W, Whitmore, J, Blusk, S R, Chung, W H, Engels, E Jr, Shepard, P F, & Weerasundara, D D.S. Design and operation of large straw-tube drift chamber planes. Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1016/0168-9002(91)90195-V
Bromberg, C, Brown, D, Huston, J, Maul, A, Miller, R, Nyugen, A, Sorrell, L, Yosef, C, Mani, S, Choudhary, B C, Kapoor, V, Shivpuri, R, Baker, W, DeSoi, W, Johnstone, C, Kourbanis, I, Lukens, P, Skow, D, Wu, G H, Alverson, G, Chang, P, Dlugosz, W, Faissler, W, Garelick, D, Glaubman, M, Lirakis, C, Pothier, E, Yasuda, T, Gutierrez, P, Hartman, K, Oh, B Y, Toothacker, W, Whitmore, J, Blusk, S R, Chung, W H, Engels, E Jr, Shepard, P F, and Weerasundara, D D.S. 1991. "Design and operation of large straw-tube drift chamber planes." Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1016/0168-9002(91)90195-V.
@misc{etde_5720704,
title = {Design and operation of large straw-tube drift chamber planes}
author = {Bromberg, C, Brown, D, Huston, J, Maul, A, Miller, R, Nyugen, A, Sorrell, L, Yosef, C, Mani, S, Choudhary, B C, Kapoor, V, Shivpuri, R, Baker, W, DeSoi, W, Johnstone, C, Kourbanis, I, Lukens, P, Skow, D, Wu, G H, Alverson, G, Chang, P, Dlugosz, W, Faissler, W, Garelick, D, Glaubman, M, Lirakis, C, Pothier, E, Yasuda, T, Gutierrez, P, Hartman, K, Oh, B Y, Toothacker, W, Whitmore, J, Blusk, S R, Chung, W H, Engels, E Jr, Shepard, P F, and Weerasundara, D D.S.}
abstractNote = {We describe the design, construction and operation of a straw-tube drift chamber consisting of four X and four Y planes of 16 mm diameter straw-tubes, each 280 cm long. Straws were glued together for rigidity and were mounted into a frame which served as a gas manifold and maintained wire-to-wire precision. A novel conductive gasket was used to seal the tubes and provide electrical contact to the aluminized surface of the straws. The chamber has been successfully used in a high rate experiment (E706 at Fermilab) and has achieved its design resolution of better than 250 {mu}m per tube averaged over the whole chamber. (orig.).}
doi = {10.1016/0168-9002(91)90195-V}
journal = []
volume = {307:2/3}
journal type = {AC}
place = {Netherlands}
year = {1991}
month = {Oct}
}