A many particle-tracking detector with drift planes and segmented cathode readout

J. Fischer; D. Lissauer; T. Ludlam; D. Makowiecki; E. O'Brien; V. Radeka; S. Rescia; L. Rogers; G. C. Smith; D. Stephani; B. Yu; S. V. Greene; T. K. Hemmick; J. T. Mitchell; B. Shivakumar

doi:10.1109/23.106596

A many particle-tracking detector with drift planes and segmented cathode readout

J. Fischer
, D. Lissauer
, T. Ludlam
, D. Makowiecki
, E. O'Brien
, V. Radeka
, S. Rescia
, L. Rogers
, G. C. Smith
, D. Stephani
, B. Yu
, S. V. Greene
, T. K. Hemmick
, J. T. Mitchell
, B. Shivakumar

Physics and Astronomy

Brookhaven National Laboratory
Yale University

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Abstract

We describe the design and performance of a detector system for tracking charged particles in an environment of high track density and rates up to 1 MHz. The system operates in the forward spectrometer of the BNL Heavy Ion experiment E814 and uses principles of general interest in high rate, high multiplicity applications such as at RHIC or SSC. We require our system to perform over a large dynamic range, detecting singly charged particles as well as fully ionized relativistic ²⁸Si. Results on gas gain saturation, δ-ray suppression, and overall detector performance in the presence of a 14.6 GeV/nucleon ²⁸Si beam and a 14 GeV proton beam are presented.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	82-87
Number of pages	6
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
Volume	37
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/23.106596
State	Published - Apr 1990

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Fischer, J., Lissauer, D., Ludlam, T., Makowiecki, D., O'Brien, E., Radeka, V., Rescia, S., Rogers, L., Smith, G. C., Stephani, D., Yu, B., Greene, S. V., Hemmick, T. K., Mitchell, J. T., & Shivakumar, B. (1990). A many particle-tracking detector with drift planes and segmented cathode readout. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 37(2), 82-87. https://doi.org/10.1109/23.106596

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