ATLAS muon drift tube production in Seattle

Author

Zhao, T. ; Lubatti, H.J. ; Kuykendall, W. ; Davisson, R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

Volume

51

Issue

4

fYear

2004

Firstpage

1568

Lastpage

1574

Abstract

The facility that we developed for producing precision drift tubes of the ATLAS forward muon system is described in this paper. We have completed the production of approximately 30 000 drift tubes in Seattle. The results of quality assurance for these tubes are presented. The drift tube assembly and quality assurance are two separation operations that proceed in parallel. The quality of the drift tube that we produced meets the very stringent requirements of the ATLAS experiment. The typical average production rate is 2 to 3 min per tube and the rejection rate is less than 1.5%.

Keywords

drift chambers; muon detection; particle track visualisation; position sensitive particle detectors; production facilities; quality assurance; 2 to 3 min; ATLAS forward muon system; ATLAS muon drift tube production; Seattle; average production rate; gas detectors; particle tracking; position sensitive particle detectors; quality assurance; radiation detectors; rejection rate; Aluminum; Mesons; Plugs; Position sensitive particle detectors; Production; Quality assurance; Radiation detectors; Spectroscopy; Structural rings; Wire;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TNS.2004.832306

Filename

1323732