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

Abstract

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.

Authors:

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

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  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 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.},

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

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journal, May 2003

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journal, July 2000

The CLAS Cherenkov detector
journal, June 2001

The time-of-flight system for CLAS
journal, August 1999

The CLAS forward electromagnetic calorimeter
journal, March 2001

Measurement of Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering Beam-Spin Asymmetries
journal, April 2008

BoNus: Development and use of a radial TPC using cylindrical GEMs
journal, July 2008

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journal, January 2016

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journal, September 2001

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