BaBar forward endcap upgrade

被引:12
作者
Anulli, F
Baldini, R
Calcaterra, A
Daniello, L
de Sangro, R
Finocchiaro, G
Patteri, P
Piccolo, M
Santoni, M
Zallo, A
Cheng, CH
Lange, DJ
Wright, DM
Boyce, R
Krebs, J
Messner, R
Putallaz, G
Wisniewski, WJ
Buzzo, D
Crosetti, G
LoVetere, M
Minutoli, S
Passaggio, S
Pollovio, P
Robutti, E
Tosi, S
Trovato, A
Cartaro, C
Fabozzi, F
Lista, L
Piccolo, D
Paolucci, P
Avanzini, C
Carpinelli, M
Forti, F
Neri, N
Paoloni, E
Rizzi, D
Bellini, F
Buccheri, A
Cavoto, G
del Reg, D
Faccini, R
Ferrarotto, F
Ferroni, F
Gargiulo, C
Gaspero, M
Lunadei, R
Mazzoni, MA
Morganti, S
机构
[1] Univ Roma La Sapienza, Dipartimento Fis, I-00185 Rome, Italy
[2] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Roma, Rome, Italy
[3] Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Livermore, CA USA
[4] Stanford Linear Accelerator Ctr, Menlo Pk, CA USA
[5] Univ Genoa, Genoa, Italy
[6] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Genova, I-16146 Genoa, Italy
[7] Univ Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
[8] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Napoli, I-80125 Naples, Italy
[9] Univ Pisa, Pisa, Italy
[10] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Pisa, Pisa, Italy
[11] Univ Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403 USA
[12] Univ Calif Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521 USA
[13] Univ Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 USA
关键词
RPC; muon detection;
D O I
10.1016/j.nima.2004.10.034
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
The muon and neutral hadron detector (instrumented flux return or IFR) in the forward endcap of the BaBar detector at SLAC was upgraded by the installation of a new generation of resistive plate chambers (RPCs) and by increasing the absorber. The chamber replacement was made necessary by the rapid aging and efficiency loss of the original BaBar RPCs. Based on our experience with those original RPCs and 24 RPCs with thinner linseed oil treatments, improvements in the design, construction, and testing of the new generation RPCs were implemented and are described in detail. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:155 / 171
页数:17
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