We have designed and tested a straw tube detector prototype to investigate the possibility to operate a full-size device in sealed mode with extremely reduced gas leaks in accelerator experiments and astroparticle physics researches in outer space. In order to acheive a high spatial resolution we tested a "cool"-gas-based mixture, namely, argon-carbon dioxide at atmospheric pressure. In our tests, running the straw tube counter in drift mode with properly designed front-end electronics, we obtained a single-tube spatial resolution of the order of 30 mu m.
A high-precision drift straw tube counter for particle tracking for accelerator and space experiments / Decataldo, G.; Favuzzi, C.; Giglietto, N.; Mazziotta, M. N.; Rainó, A.; Spinelli, P.. - In: NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH. SECTION A, ACCELERATORS, SPECTROMETERS, DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT. - ISSN 0168-9002. - STAMPA. - 409:1-3(1998), pp. 73-74. [10.1016/S0168-9002(97)01238-2]
A high-precision drift straw tube counter for particle tracking for accelerator and space experiments
Favuzzi, C.;Giglietto, N.;
1998-01-01
Abstract
We have designed and tested a straw tube detector prototype to investigate the possibility to operate a full-size device in sealed mode with extremely reduced gas leaks in accelerator experiments and astroparticle physics researches in outer space. In order to acheive a high spatial resolution we tested a "cool"-gas-based mixture, namely, argon-carbon dioxide at atmospheric pressure. In our tests, running the straw tube counter in drift mode with properly designed front-end electronics, we obtained a single-tube spatial resolution of the order of 30 mu m.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
