Performance of the Forward Drift Chambers for the DO detector

Author

Avery, R.E. ; Bantly, J. ; Blessing, S. ; Buchholtz, D. ; Gobbi, B. ; Liu, Y. ; Rajagopalan, S.

Author_Institution

Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL, USA

Volume

40

Issue

4

fYear

1993

fDate

8/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

573

Lastpage

577

Abstract

The Forward Drift Chambers (FDCs) provide tracking in the forward region for the D0L experiment at Fermilab. The chambers must perform precision track position measurement in a high multiplicity environment. These chambers were extensively tested in the Fermilab NWA test beam area, in beams of 10-150 GeV pions and electrons. Measurements included the position resolution, hit finding efficiency, two track resolution, and ionization measurement resolution. The results of these tests are presented. These tests demonstrate that the chambers are able to perform the tasks for which they were designed. The chambers have now been installed in the D0L experiment and are participating in the current Tevatron collider run

Keywords

electron detection and measurement; meson detection and measurement; position sensitive particle detectors; proportional counters; 10 to 150 GeV; DO detector; Forward Drift Chambers; electrons; hit finding efficiency; ionization measurement resolution; pions; position resolution; two track resolution; Electron beams; Ionization; Mesons; Particle beam measurements; Particle beams; Pollution measurement; Position measurement; Structural beams; Testing; Wires;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.256619

Filename

256619