Title :
Static forces on the anode wires in a straw chamber
Author :
Xu, Guanghua ; Hungerford, Ed V.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Houston, TX, USA
fDate :
4/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper derives equations for the deflection of an anode wire in a proportional straw chamber under electrostatic forces due to misalignments of the wire, deformation of the straw tube surface, and gravity.
Keywords :
position sensitive particle detectors; proportional counters; anode wire deflection; electrostatic forces; proportional straw chamber; straw tube surface deformation; Anodes; Capacitance; Detectors; Electric potential; Electrostatics; Geometry; Gravity; Particle tracking; Poisson equations; Wires; Electric-field effects; particle tracking; radiation detectors;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TNS.2006.870176
