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Title: The ASACUSA Micromegas Tracker: A cylindrical, bulk Micromegas detector for antimatter research

Abstract

The ASACUSA Micromegas Tracker (AMT; ASACUSA: Atomic Spectroscopy and Collisions Using Slow Antiprotons) was designed to be able to reconstruct antiproton-nucleon annihilation vertices in three dimensions. The goal of this device is to study antihydrogen formation processes in the ASACUSA cusp trap, which was designed to synthesise a spin-polarised antihydrogen beam for precise tests of Charge, Parity, and Time (CPT) symmetry invariance. This paper discusses the structure and technical details of an AMT detector built into such an environment, its data acquisition system and the first performance with cosmic rays.

Authors:
;  [1]; ; ;  [2]; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;  [3]
  1. Atomic Physics Laboratory, RIKEN, Saitama 351-0198 (Japan)
  2. Institute of Physics, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8902 (Japan)
  3. Irfu, CEA, Centre de Saclay, 91191 Gif sur Yvette (France)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22482730
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Review of Scientific Instruments
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 86; Journal Issue: 8; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0034-6748
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; ANNIHILATION; ANTIPROTONS; BEAMS; COSMIC RADIATION; CPT THEOREM; CUSPED GEOMETRIES; CYLINDRICAL CONFIGURATION; DESIGN; PARTICLE TRACKS; SPECTROSCOPY; SYMMETRY

Citation Formats

Radics, B., E-mail: balint.radics@riken.jp, Nagata, Y., Yamazaki, Y., Ishikawa, S., Kuroda, N., Matsuda, Y., Anfreville, M., Aune, S., Boyer, M., Chateau, F., Combet, M., Granelli, R., Legou, P., Mandjavidze, I., Procureur, S., Riallot, M., Vallage, B., and Vandenbroucke, M. The ASACUSA Micromegas Tracker: A cylindrical, bulk Micromegas detector for antimatter research. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4927685.
Radics, B., E-mail: balint.radics@riken.jp, Nagata, Y., Yamazaki, Y., Ishikawa, S., Kuroda, N., Matsuda, Y., Anfreville, M., Aune, S., Boyer, M., Chateau, F., Combet, M., Granelli, R., Legou, P., Mandjavidze, I., Procureur, S., Riallot, M., Vallage, B., & Vandenbroucke, M. The ASACUSA Micromegas Tracker: A cylindrical, bulk Micromegas detector for antimatter research. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4927685
Radics, B., E-mail: balint.radics@riken.jp, Nagata, Y., Yamazaki, Y., Ishikawa, S., Kuroda, N., Matsuda, Y., Anfreville, M., Aune, S., Boyer, M., Chateau, F., Combet, M., Granelli, R., Legou, P., Mandjavidze, I., Procureur, S., Riallot, M., Vallage, B., and Vandenbroucke, M. 2015. "The ASACUSA Micromegas Tracker: A cylindrical, bulk Micromegas detector for antimatter research". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4927685.
@article{osti_22482730,
title = {The ASACUSA Micromegas Tracker: A cylindrical, bulk Micromegas detector for antimatter research},
author = {Radics, B., E-mail: balint.radics@riken.jp and Nagata, Y. and Yamazaki, Y. and Ishikawa, S. and Kuroda, N. and Matsuda, Y. and Anfreville, M. and Aune, S. and Boyer, M. and Chateau, F. and Combet, M. and Granelli, R. and Legou, P. and Mandjavidze, I. and Procureur, S. and Riallot, M. and Vallage, B. and Vandenbroucke, M.},
abstractNote = {The ASACUSA Micromegas Tracker (AMT; ASACUSA: Atomic Spectroscopy and Collisions Using Slow Antiprotons) was designed to be able to reconstruct antiproton-nucleon annihilation vertices in three dimensions. The goal of this device is to study antihydrogen formation processes in the ASACUSA cusp trap, which was designed to synthesise a spin-polarised antihydrogen beam for precise tests of Charge, Parity, and Time (CPT) symmetry invariance. This paper discusses the structure and technical details of an AMT detector built into such an environment, its data acquisition system and the first performance with cosmic rays.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4927685},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22482730}, journal = {Review of Scientific Instruments},
issn = {0034-6748},
number = 8,
volume = 86,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Aug 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Sat Aug 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}