Title :
Characterization, calibration and performances of the TPC of the HARP experiment at the CERN PS
Author :
Radicioni, Emilio
Author_Institution :
Italian Inst. for Nucl. Phys., Bari
Abstract :
Hadron production (HARP) is a high-statistics, full solid angle experiment to measure hadron production using proton and pion beams with momenta between 3 and 15 GeV/c impinging on many solid and liquid targets. Due to the experimental requirements, the time projection chamber (TPC) has been designed to provide full solid-angle acceptance and to be able to sustain a high event rate. The calibration strategy is based on the redundancy of a large spectrum of characterization methods. The specificity of the HARP TPC design, the calibration methods and results, and the present knowledge of detector performances will be reported
Keywords :
calibration; hadron production; pion-nucleus reactions; proton-nucleus reactions; time projection chambers; (p,X); (pion,X); CERN PS; CERN Proton Synchrotron; HARP experiment; TPC calibration; TPC characterization; TPC performance; hadron production; high-statistics full solid angle experiment; liquid targets; pion beams; proton beams; solid targets; time projection chamber; Calibration; Design methodology; Goniometers; Mesons; Particle beam measurements; Particle beams; Performance evaluation; Production; Protons; Solids; TPC calibration; TPC performance; Time projection chamber (TPC);
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TNS.2005.860161
