Experience with the jet chamber of the JADE-experiment

Conference · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1984 · AIP Conf. Proc.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5571752

Heuer, R D

The jet chamber, a pictorial drift chamber used as the central track detector of the JADE experiment at PETRA, is briefly described. The present status of the spatial and dE/dx resolutions and the experience during 4 years of operation is reported. Improvement plans for the readout electronics are described and a short review of the jet chamber designed for the proposed LEP experiment OPAL is given.

• Research Organization: Universitaet Heidelberg, West Germany
• OSTI ID: 5571752
• Report Number(s): CONF-8306139-; TRN: 85-018054
• Journal Information: AIP Conf. Proc.; (United States), Vol. 108; Conference: Time projection chamber workshop, Vancouver, Canada, 23 Jun 1983
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
DRIFT CHAMBERS
DESIGN
PERFORMANCE
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
ENERGY LOSSES
LEP STORAGE RINGS
PARTICLE TRACKS
PETRA STORAGE RING
RESOLUTION
EQUIPMENT
LOSSES
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MULTIWIRE PROPORTIONAL CHAMBERS
PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS
RADIATION DETECTORS
STORAGE RINGS
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