A precision technique for mounting scintillating fiber ribbons for charged particle tracking

Author

Carabello, S. ; Gau, D. ; Howell, B. ; Koltick, D. ; Pischalnikov, Yu. ; Michael, D.

Author_Institution

Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA

Volume

43

Issue

3

fYear

1996

fDate

6/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1203

Lastpage

1207

Abstract

We have undertaken a research program to develop Scintillating Fiber charged particle Tracking (SFT) detector for the DO upgrade experiment at FNAL. We have developed a construction method utilizing scintillating fibers first accurately formed into ribbons, then precisely locating these ribbons on the inside and outside of a lightweight cylindrical base. A Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM) is used to control each step of the ribbon mounting procedure. Ribbons 2 m long, containing 255 fibers each have been placed on composite structures with accuracy ~20 μm. The technique for producing highly accurate fiber ribbons and the method of precision placement of ribbons are presented. The spatial calibration of a charged particle tracker using the CMM measurements are discussed

Keywords

position sensitive particle detectors; solid scintillation detectors; 2 m; DO upgrade experiment; charged particle tracking; lightweight cylindrical base; ribbon mounting procedure; scintillating fiber ribbons; spatial calibration; Calibration; Coordinate measuring machines; Current measurement; Detectors; Geometry; Lighting control; Optical fiber testing; Particle measurements; Particle tracking; Spatial resolution;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.506664

Filename

506664