학술논문

Long-term geometry stability of ATLAS MDT chambers studied with a high-precision X-ray tomograph
Document Type
Conference
Source
IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2005 Nuclear Science Symposium Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2005 IEEE. 2:1024-1028 2005
Subject
Nuclear Engineering
Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Geometry
Stability
Mesons
Spectroscopy
Physics
Wires
Production
Large Hadron Collider
Strips
Toroidal magnetic fields
Language
ISSN
1082-3654
Abstract
The CERN X-ray tomograph measures the 2-dimensional position of MDT chamber wires with a total uncertainty of less than 5 microns. This dedicated facility has assured consistent production quality of chamber geometries over the five year construction phase between 2000 and 2005 by sampling about 15% of the total 1200 MDT chambers produced. Part of the tomograph measurement capacity has been used to perform re-measurements of selected chambers. We briefly describe the tomograph facility and its capabilities, present a global view of the mechanical accuracy and consistency of the full MDT production and then summarize the results obtained from the chamber re-measurements and discuss their possible implications for long-term MDT geometry stability.