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

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2018.04.052

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

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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 ⁴He. In 2009, we carried out these measurements using the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer (CLAS) supplemented by the RTPC positioned directly around a gaseous ⁴He target, allowing a detection threshold as low as 12 MeV for ⁴He. This work discusses the design, principle of operation, calibration methods and performances of this RTPC.

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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

Publication Date:: 2018-08-01

Research Org.:: Argonne National Lab. (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 Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP) (SC-26); National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Strasbourg (France); National Inst. for Nuclear Physics (INFN) (Italy); Consulate General of France in Jerusalem

OSTI Identifier:: 1438600

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

Report Number(s):: JLAB-PHY-17-2530; DOE/OR/23177-4195; arXiv:1706.10160
Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002; 138366; TRN: US1900468

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

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 898; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; Alpha particles; DVCS; Gas electron multipliers; Nuclear physics; Time projection chamber

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                    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., and Voutier, E. A radial time projection chamber for α detection in CLAS at JLab.  United States: N. p., 2018. 
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                    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. A radial time projection chamber for α detection in CLAS at JLab.  United States.  doi:10.1016/j.nima.2018.04.052.

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                    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., and Voutier, E. Wed .  
        "A radial time projection chamber for α detection in CLAS at JLab".  United States.  doi:10.1016/j.nima.2018.04.052.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1438600.

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@article{osti_1438600,

  title        = {A radial time projection chamber for α detection in CLAS at JLab},

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

  abstractNote = {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 4He. In 2009, we carried out these measurements using the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer (CLAS) supplemented by the RTPC positioned directly around a gaseous 4He target, allowing a detection threshold as low as 12 MeV for 4He. This work discusses the design, principle of operation, calibration methods and performances of this RTPC.},

  doi          = {10.1016/j.nima.2018.04.052},

  journal      = {Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment},

  number       = C,

  volume       = 898,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2018},

  month        = {8}

}

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