학술논문

CSC Endcap Muon Chambers: design and test results
Document Type
Conference
Source
2002 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record Nuclear science symposium Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2002 IEEE. 1:238-242 vol.1 2002
Subject
Nuclear Engineering
Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Mesons
Testing
Strips
Spatial resolution
Aging
Wire
Cathodes
Collision mitigation
Hardware
Tagging
Language
Abstract
Presented are the main design features and performance results of the cathode strip chambers (CSCs) for the CMS Endcap Muon System. The six-plane structure of these chambers yields a spatial resolution of about 80 /spl mu/m, essentially uniform and independent of the strip width (up to 16 mm, which is unusually wide for the cathode-to-anode wire distance of 5 mm). In addition, the net spatial resolution of about one-tenth of the strip width at the hardware trigger level (300ns) is obtained using a simple network of comparators. The time resolution achieved at the trigger level is /spl sim/4ns (RMS) that allows unambiguous tagging of bunch crossing occurring every 25 ns. Aging tests, including those obtained with a recirculating gas system, showed only minor aging effects. The aging studies were performed with large-scale chambers; 700 m of wire were irradiated for a dose up to 0.4 C/cm of the total accumulated charge.