Testing sTGC with small angle wire edges for the ATLAS new small wheel muon detector upgrade
- Weizmann Institute of Science, 234 Herzl St., Rehovot 7610001, (Israel)
The LHC upgrade scheduled for 2018 is expected to significantly increase the accelerator's luminosity, and as a result the radiation background rates in the ATLAS Muon Spectrometer will increase too. Some of its components will have to be replaced in order to cope with these high rates. Newly designed small-strip Thin Gap chambers (sTGC) will replace them at the small wheel region. One of the differences between the sTGC and the currently used TGC is the alignment of the wires along the azimuthal direction. As a result, the outermost wires approach the detector's edge with a small angle. Such a configuration may be a cause for various problems. Two small dedicated chambers were built and tested in order to study possible edge effects that may arise from the new configuration. The sTGC appears to be stable and no spark have been observed, yet some differences in the detector response near the edge is seen and further studies should be carried out. (authors)
- Research Organization:
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), New York, NY (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 22531282
- Report Number(s):
- ANIMMA-2015-IO-231; TRN: US16V0312102223
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: ANIMMA 2015: 4. International Conference on Advancements in Nuclear Instrumentation Measurement Methods and their Applications, Lisboa (Portugal), 20-24 Apr 2015; Other Information: Country of input: France; 8 Refs.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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