A high-resolution drift chamber for Alpha-particle position measurements /

6 % more multiwire events occurred in the module than was

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Oliver, Jon Patrick, 1968-
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1996.
Subjects:
Online Access:Link to OAKTrust copy
Description
Summary:6 % more multiwire events occurred in the module than was
A drift chamber module with 5 anode wires covering an active
atm. Modules will be used with the Multipole-Dipole-
by other authors and the design of the drift chamber module
drift chamber module are discussed and the performance of the
drift chamber module is predicted based on the physics.
Drift chamber modules were tested with 240 MeV a particles
expected and/or the localization uncertainty due to the
expected.
expected. Trajectories were located to within 225 mm ︢5 /
experimentally was larger than what was predicted. This
in flight times of ionization electrons was larger than
isobutane were sufficient to obtain high-resolution
measurements using the drift chamber module even though up to
mm (FWHM) at a pressure of 0.25 atm. The resolution measured
Multipole Spectrometer in a-particle scattering experiments
position of a-particle trajectories to within 295 mm full-
presented here. Sources of localization uncertainty in the
region of 9 cm x 76 cm has been built to locate the vertical
several pressures. The operational characteristics of
suggests that the localization uncertainty due to variations
timing resolution of the electronics was larger than
to discuss the operational characteristics of chambers built
to measure vertical angles of trajectories needed for ray
tracing. The physics of drift chambers is described and used
using isobutane and an E/P ratio of 2000 V/(cm-atm) at
width-half-maximum (FWEM) in isobutane at a pressure of 0.25
Item Description:"Major subject: Physics".
In title, symbol for Greek letter Alpha is used.
Vita.
Physical Description:viii, 71 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Also available online.
Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references: pages 69-70.