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Construction and performance of the PHENIX pad chambers

Adcox, K ; Ajitanand, J ; Alexander, J ; Barrette, J ; Belkin, R ; Borland, D ; Bryan, WL ; du Rietz, Rickard LU ; El Chenawi, K and Cherlin, A , et al. (2003) In Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment 497(2-3). p.263-293
Abstract
We present the Pad Chamber detector system in the PHENIX experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory. The three station system provides space points along each track in the spectrometer arms at mid-rapidity and covers a total area of 88 m(2). Its main functions are to provide the track coordinate along the beam and to ensure reliable pattern recognition at very high particle multiplicity. A new concept for two dimensional wire chamber readout via its finely segmented cathode was developed. The full readout system, comprising 172 800 electronic channels, is described together with the challenging design of the chambers. The electronics, mounted on the outer chamber face, together with the... (More)
We present the Pad Chamber detector system in the PHENIX experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory. The three station system provides space points along each track in the spectrometer arms at mid-rapidity and covers a total area of 88 m(2). Its main functions are to provide the track coordinate along the beam and to ensure reliable pattern recognition at very high particle multiplicity. A new concept for two dimensional wire chamber readout via its finely segmented cathode was developed. The full readout system, comprising 172 800 electronic channels, is described together with the challenging design of the chambers. The electronics, mounted on the outer chamber face, together with the chamber itself amounts to 1.2% of a radiation length. Results from cosmic ray tests, showing an average efficiency better than 99.5% for all chambers are presented. The experiences from the full scale operation in the first run are reported. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. (Less)
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readout, cathode pixels, wire chamber, tracking, PHENIX, RHIC, electronics
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Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment
volume
497
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2-3
pages
263 - 293
publisher
Elsevier
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0167-5087
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10.1016/S0168-9002(02)01791-6
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English
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The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015. The record was previously connected to the following departments: Particle Physics (011013002), Physics, science (011013100)
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  abstract     = {{We present the Pad Chamber detector system in the PHENIX experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory. The three station system provides space points along each track in the spectrometer arms at mid-rapidity and covers a total area of 88 m(2). Its main functions are to provide the track coordinate along the beam and to ensure reliable pattern recognition at very high particle multiplicity. A new concept for two dimensional wire chamber readout via its finely segmented cathode was developed. The full readout system, comprising 172 800 electronic channels, is described together with the challenging design of the chambers. The electronics, mounted on the outer chamber face, together with the chamber itself amounts to 1.2% of a radiation length. Results from cosmic ray tests, showing an average efficiency better than 99.5% for all chambers are presented. The experiences from the full scale operation in the first run are reported. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.}},
  author       = {{Adcox, K and Ajitanand, J and Alexander, J and Barrette, J and Belkin, R and Borland, D and Bryan, WL and du Rietz, Rickard and El Chenawi, K and Cherlin, A and Fellenstein, J and Filimonov, K and Fraenkel, Z and Gan, D and Garpman, Sten and Gil, Y and Greene, SV and Gustafsson, Hans-Åke and Holzmann, W and Issah, M and Jagadish, U and Lacey, R and Lauret, J and Liccardi, W and Mark, SK and Milan, J and Miller, TE and Milov, A and Mitchell, JT and Nilsson, Pål and Nikkinen, L and Nystrand, J and O'Brien, E and Oskarsson, Anders and Österman, Lennart and Otterlund, Ingvar and Qi, Y and Pasmantirer, B and Pinkenburg, C and Ravinovich, I and Rosati, M and Rose, A and Silvermyr, David and Sivertz, M and Smith, MC and Starinsky, N and Stenlund, Evert and Teodorescu, O and Tserruya, I and Tydesjö, Henrik and Xie, W and Young, GR and Yurevich, V}},
  issn         = {{0167-5087}},
  keywords     = {{readout; cathode pixels; wire chamber; tracking; PHENIX; RHIC; electronics}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{2-3}},
  pages        = {{263--293}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment}},
  title        = {{Construction and performance of the PHENIX pad chambers}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0168-9002(02)01791-6}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/S0168-9002(02)01791-6}},
  volume       = {{497}},
  year         = {{2003}},
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