Title :
X-ray CCD setup for large-area wire chamber calibration
Author :
Platzer, K. ; Duennweber, W. ; Wellenstein, H.
Author_Institution :
Phys. Dept., Univ. of Munich, Garching, Germany
Abstract :
An X-ray setup has been developed to measure wire positions of straw tube drift chambers of the COMPASS experiment with a charge-coupled device. In an automatic scanning procedure wire positions can be determined with an accuracy better than 30 μm inside an area of 3.6×3.6 m2. This accuracy is achieved by means of multiple stereo recordings of the detector wires and external reference wires. Within small distances of several centimeters the achieved accuracy is on the order of a few micrometers.
Keywords :
X-ray apparatus; calibration; charge-coupled devices; drift chambers; nuclear electronics; position sensitive particle detectors; COMPASS experiment; X-ray CCD setup; automatic scanning procedure; charge-coupled device; detector wires; external reference wires; large-area wire chamber calibration; multiple stereorecordings; straw tube drift chambers; wire positions; Anodes; Assembly; Calibration; Charge coupled devices; Detectors; Mesons; Physics; Plastics; Protons; Wire;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TNS.2004.832292
