Construction and performance of a 2.7 m long straw drift tube prototype chamber for the SSC

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Journal Article

We report the construction and testing of a 2.7 m long straw tube drift chamber consisting of 60 channels. The straw tubes with 2 mm radius are stacked in a pyramid shape up to eight tube layers. There are two wire supports inside each tube for electrostatic stability. 28 tubes out of 60 are instrumented for measurement of resolution, gas gain, and attenuation length. Resolution of close to 110 μm and attenuation length of 500 cm are obtained. © 1991.

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Cited Authors

Oh, SH; Goshaw, AT; Robertson, WJ

Published Date

November 15, 1991

Published In

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volume / Issue

309 / 3

Start / End Page

368 - 376

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

0168-9002

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1016/0168-9002(91)90240-Q

Citation Source

Scopus

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