• DocumentCode
    934532
  • Title

    A cylindrical drift chamber for the measurement of K to pi nu nu decay

  • Author

    Cresswell, J.V. ; Ahmad, S. ; Blackmore, E.W. ; Bryman, D.A. ; Khan, N. ; Kuno, Y. ; Numao, T.

  • Author_Institution
    TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • Volume
    35
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1988
  • Firstpage
    460
  • Lastpage
    463
  • Abstract
    A cylindrical drift chamber has been constructed for the study of a rare kaon decay. A description is given of the design and construction of the chamber. Data from two prototype chambers and initial results from the final chamber are presented.<>
  • Keywords
    meson detection and measurement; position sensitive particle detectors; cylindrical drift chamber; kaon decay; Cathodes; Coaxial cables; Electrons; Geometry; Ionization; Magnetic fields; Preamplifiers; Pulse amplifiers; Wires;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/23.12765
  • Filename
    12765