Construction and initial operation of a proportional wire detector for use in a Cerenkov ring imaging system

Author

Vra, J. Va ; Bienz, T. ; Bird, F. ; Gaillard, M. ; Hallewell, G. ; Kwon, Y.J. ; Leith, D. ; Ratcliff, B. ; Rensing, P. ; Schultz, D. ; Shapiro, S. ; Toge, N. ; Cavalli-Sforza, M. ; Coyle, P. ; Coyne, D. ; Williams, D. ; Caldwell, D. ; Lu, A. ; Yellin, S.

Author_Institution

Stanford Linear Accel. Center, CA, USA

Volume

35

Issue

1

fYear

1988

Firstpage

487

Lastpage

492

Abstract

The final version of the multiwire single-electron detector for the Cerenkov ring imaging device of the Stanford Linear Collider Detector is described. Recent research-and-development efforts to define the design parameters are reported. These were concerned with computer simulations necessary for the detector design; wire aging and its solution; surface resistivity and voltage breakdown of G-10 in a TMAE environment; corona studies for various gases; wire breaking in the spark; measured mechanical characteristics of 7- mu m carbon wires; wire-stretching technique for 7- mu m carbon wires; and wire tension measuring for th final detector. The details of the geometry of the detector and experimental tests with the detector itself are discussed.<>

Keywords

Cherenkov counters; position sensitive particle detectors; proportional counters; Cerenkov ring imaging system; G-10; Stanford Linear Collider Detector; TMAE; computer simulations; corona studies; detector design; geometry; initial operation; mechanical characteristics; multiwire single-electron detector; proportional wire detector; surface resistivity; voltage breakdown; wire aging; wire breaking; wire tension; wire-stretching technique; Aging; Computer simulation; Conductivity; Corona; Detectors; Dielectric breakdown; Gases; Mechanical variables measurement; Sparks; Wire;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.12771

Filename

12771