The Mark III vertex chamber

J. Adler; T. Bolton; K. Bunnell; R. Cassell; E. Cheu; R. Eisele; T. Freese; C. Grab; G. Mazaheri; R. Mir; A. Odian; D. Pitman; W. Stockhausen; W. Toki; F. Villa; W. Wadley; S. Wasserbaech; W. Wisniewski

doi:10.1016/0168-9002(89)90614-1

The Mark III vertex chamber

J. Adler
, T. Bolton
, K. Bunnell
, R. Cassell
, E. Cheu
, R. Eisele
, T. Freese
, C. Grab
, G. Mazaheri
, R. Mir
, A. Odian
, D. Pitman
, W. Stockhausen
, W. Toki
, F. Villa
, W. Wadley
, S. Wasserbaech
, W. Wisniewski

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We have constructed and installed a pressurized straw vertex chamber in the Mark III experiment at the SLAC e⁺e^- storage ring SPEAR. The chamber consists of 12 concentric layers of straws, arrayed at radii between 5.4 cm and 13.0 cm from the interaction point. There are a total of 640 straws, each 8 mm in diameter and 84 cm long. We obtain an overall spatial resolution of 49 μm for argon-ethane ( 50% 50%) at 3 atm absolute using a cosmic ray data sample. The effects of gases on various chamber materials have been investigated. Chamber lifetime studies have been performed. A prototype chamber was used to study the resolution obtained with various gases.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	42-52
Number of pages	11
Journal	Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A
Volume	276
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0168-9002(89)90614-1
State	Published - Mar 15 1989
Externally published	Yes

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Adler, J., Bolton, T., Bunnell, K., Cassell, R., Cheu, E., Eisele, R., Freese, T., Grab, C., Mazaheri, G., Mir, R., Odian, A., Pitman, D., Stockhausen, W., Toki, W., Villa, F., Wadley, W., Wasserbaech, S., & Wisniewski, W. (1989). The Mark III vertex chamber. Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A, 276(1-2), 42-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/0168-9002(89)90614-1

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