Title :
A TPC detector for the study of high multiplicity heavy ion collisions
Author :
Rai, G. ; Arthur, A. ; Bieser, F. ; Harnden, C.W. ; Jones, R. ; Kleinfelder, S. ; Lee, K. ; Matis, H.S. ; Nakamura, M. ; McParland, C. ; Nesbitt, D. ; Odyniec, G. ; Olson, D. ; Pugh, H.G. ; Ritter, H.G. ; Symons, T.J.M. ; Wieman, H. ; Wright, M. ; Wright,
Author_Institution :
Lawrence Berkeley Lab., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA
fDate :
4/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The design of a time projection chamber (TPC) detector with complete pad coverage is presented. The TPC allows the measurements of high multiplicity (~200 tracks) relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions initiated with the heaviest, most energetic projectiles available at the LBL (Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory) BEVALAC accelerator facility. The front-end electronics, composed of over 15000 time sampling channels, is located on the chamber. The highly integrated, custom-designed electronics and the VME-based data acquisition system are described
Keywords :
data acquisition; nuclear electronics; physics computing; position sensitive particle detectors; proportional counters; VME-based data acquisition system; complete pad coverage; custom-designed electronics; front-end electronics; relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions; sampling channels; time projection chamber; Detectors; Energy measurement; Laboratories; Nuclear electronics; Nuclear measurements; Optical scattering; Projectiles; Sampling methods; Structural beams; Wire;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
