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Recent aging studies for the ATLAS transition radiation tracker

Capeans, M. ; Åkesson, Torsten LU orcid ; Eerola, Paula LU ; Mjörnmark, Ulf LU ; Lundberg, Björn LU ; Driouichi, Chafik LU and Zalite, A (2004) IEEE 2003 Nuclear Science Symposium (NSS) and Medical Imaging Conference (MIC) including Sessions on Nuclear Power Systems 51. p.960-967
Abstract
The transition radiation tracker (TRT) is one of the three subsystems of the inner detector of the ATLAS experiment. It is designed to operate for 10 yr at the LHC, with integrated charges of /spl sim/10 C/cm of wire and radiation doses of about 10 Mrad and 2/spl times/10/sup 14/ neutrons/cm/sup 2/. These doses translate into unprecedented ionization currents and integrated charges for a large-scale gaseous detector. This paper describes studies leading to the adoption of a new ionization gas regime for the ATLAS TRT. In this new regime, the primary gas mixture is 70%Xe-27%CO/sub 2/-3%O/sub 2/. It is planned to occasionally flush and operate the TRT detector with an Ar-based ternary mixture, containing a small percentage of CF/sub 4/, to... (More)
The transition radiation tracker (TRT) is one of the three subsystems of the inner detector of the ATLAS experiment. It is designed to operate for 10 yr at the LHC, with integrated charges of /spl sim/10 C/cm of wire and radiation doses of about 10 Mrad and 2/spl times/10/sup 14/ neutrons/cm/sup 2/. These doses translate into unprecedented ionization currents and integrated charges for a large-scale gaseous detector. This paper describes studies leading to the adoption of a new ionization gas regime for the ATLAS TRT. In this new regime, the primary gas mixture is 70%Xe-27%CO/sub 2/-3%O/sub 2/. It is planned to occasionally flush and operate the TRT detector with an Ar-based ternary mixture, containing a small percentage of CF/sub 4/, to remove, if needed, silicon pollution from the anode wires. This procedure has been validated in realistic conditions and would require a few days of dedicated operation. This paper covers both performance and aging studies with the new TRT gas mixture. (Less)
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IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
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51
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960 - 967
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IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
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IEEE 2003 Nuclear Science Symposium (NSS) and Medical Imaging Conference (MIC) including Sessions on Nuclear Power Systems
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10.1109/TNS.2004.829496
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  abstract     = {{The transition radiation tracker (TRT) is one of the three subsystems of the inner detector of the ATLAS experiment. It is designed to operate for 10 yr at the LHC, with integrated charges of /spl sim/10 C/cm of wire and radiation doses of about 10 Mrad and 2/spl times/10/sup 14/ neutrons/cm/sup 2/. These doses translate into unprecedented ionization currents and integrated charges for a large-scale gaseous detector. This paper describes studies leading to the adoption of a new ionization gas regime for the ATLAS TRT. In this new regime, the primary gas mixture is 70%Xe-27%CO/sub 2/-3%O/sub 2/. It is planned to occasionally flush and operate the TRT detector with an Ar-based ternary mixture, containing a small percentage of CF/sub 4/, to remove, if needed, silicon pollution from the anode wires. This procedure has been validated in realistic conditions and would require a few days of dedicated operation. This paper covers both performance and aging studies with the new TRT gas mixture.}},
  author       = {{Capeans, M. and Åkesson, Torsten and Eerola, Paula and Mjörnmark, Ulf and Lundberg, Björn and Driouichi, Chafik and Zalite, A}},
  booktitle    = {{IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{960--967}},
  publisher    = {{IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.}},
  title        = {{Recent aging studies for the ATLAS transition radiation tracker}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TNS.2004.829496}},
  doi          = {{10.1109/TNS.2004.829496}},
  volume       = {{51}},
  year         = {{2004}},
}