PERFORMANCE OF MULTISTEP AVALANCHE CHAMBERS EQUIPPED WITH 2-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRONIC READOUT

Citation
L. Carlen et al., PERFORMANCE OF MULTISTEP AVALANCHE CHAMBERS EQUIPPED WITH 2-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRONIC READOUT, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 412(2-3), 1998, pp. 361-373
Citations number
10
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
ISSN journal
0168-9002
Volume
412
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
361 - 373
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1998)412:2-3<361:POMACE>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
We have developed large area multi-step avalanche chambers with electr onic readout for tracking in a very high multiplicity environment in t he WA98 experiment at the CERN SPS. The operational characteristics of the detection system is reported. The reconstruction efficiency of th e chambers varies with the density of charged particles in the range o f 91-96%. The position resolution has been found to be 0.5 and 1.7mm i n the horizontal and vertical directions, respectively. (C) 1998 Elsev ier Science B.V. All rights reserved.