TY - JOUR
T1 - Development of a time projection chamber using gas electron multipliers (GEM-TPC)
AU - Oda, S. X.
AU - Hamagaki, H.
AU - Ozawa, K.
AU - Inuzuka, M.
AU - Sakaguchi, T.
AU - Isobe, T.
AU - Gunji, T.
AU - Morino, Y.
AU - Saito, S.
AU - Yamaguchi, Y. L.
AU - Sawada, S.
AU - Yokkaichi, S.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank the KEK-PS group, especially Dr. M. Ieiri, for their good servicing of the accelerator and excellent cooperation. The authors are also thankful to the staff and the students of the Weizmann Institute of Science, University of Tsukuba and Hiroshima University for their cooperation in the performance test. The authors acknowledge support from Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
PY - 2006/10/15
Y1 - 2006/10/15
N2 - We developed a prototype time projection chamber using gas electron multipliers (GEM-TPC) for high energy heavy ion collision experiments. To investigate its performance, we conducted a beam test with three kinds of gases (Ar(90%)-CH4(10%), Ar(70%)-C2H6(30%) and CF4). Detection efficiency of 99%, and spatial resolution of 79 μ m in the pad-row direction and 313 μ m in the drift direction were achieved. The test results show that the GEM-TPC meets the requirements for high energy heavy ion collision experiments. The configuration and performance of the GEM-TPC are described.
AB - We developed a prototype time projection chamber using gas electron multipliers (GEM-TPC) for high energy heavy ion collision experiments. To investigate its performance, we conducted a beam test with three kinds of gases (Ar(90%)-CH4(10%), Ar(70%)-C2H6(30%) and CF4). Detection efficiency of 99%, and spatial resolution of 79 μ m in the pad-row direction and 313 μ m in the drift direction were achieved. The test results show that the GEM-TPC meets the requirements for high energy heavy ion collision experiments. The configuration and performance of the GEM-TPC are described.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.nima.2006.07.003
DO - 10.1016/j.nima.2006.07.003
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33748801479
VL - 566
SP - 312
EP - 320
JO - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
JF - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
SN - 0168-9002
IS - 2
ER -