The construction and operating characteristics of a cathode strip chamber system designed to measure the reaction vertices of a stopping kaon beam

M. W. Ahmed; D. Androic; I. Bertovic; J. Bjoraker; R. Chrien; X. Cui; D. Dehnhard; A. Empl; M. Furic; J. Gerald; R. Gill; E. V. Hungerford; H. Juengst; K. J. Lan; J. H. Liu; C. L. Morris; J. M. O'Donnell; J. C. Peng; T. Petkovic; P. Pile; M. Planinic; C. M. Riedel; A. Rusek; R. Sutter; L. Tang; H. A. Thiessen; M. Youn; V. Zeps

doi:10.1016/S0168-9002(01)00705-7

The construction and operating characteristics of a cathode strip chamber system designed to measure the reaction vertices of a stopping kaon beam

M. W. Ahmed
, D. Androic
, I. Bertovic
, J. Bjoraker
, R. Chrien
, X. Cui
, D. Dehnhard
, A. Empl
, M. Furic
, J. Gerald
, R. Gill
, E. V. Hungerford
, H. Juengst
, K. J. Lan
, J. H. Liu
, C. L. Morris
, J. M. O'Donnell
, J. C. Peng
, T. Petkovic
, P. Pile

M. Planinic, C. M. Riedel, A. Rusek, R. Sutter, L. Tang, H. A. Thiessen, M. Youn, V. Zeps

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The design, construction, and performance of a segmented-target, cathode-strip, tracking-detector is discussed. The chamber was made of low-Z materials in order to allow photons to leave the target region. It was used to determine the reaction vertex of stopping kaons, and was successfully operated in a high-intensity kaon beamline at the Alternating Gradient Synchrotron at Brookhaven National Laboratory. The vertical and horizontal resolutions of the stopping kaon reaction positions were σ_X ∼ 0.454 mm and σ_Y ∼ 1.180 mm, respectively. The uncertainty in the longitudinal (Z) direction is given by one-half the thickness of a target segment.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	95-105
Number of pages	11
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	469
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-9002(01)00705-7
State	Published - Aug 1 2001
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Cathode-strip detector
Hypernucleus
NMS
Stopped kaons

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Ahmed, M. W., Androic, D., Bertovic, I., Bjoraker, J., Chrien, R., Cui, X., Dehnhard, D., Empl, A., Furic, M., Gerald, J., Gill, R., Hungerford, E. V., Juengst, H., Lan, K. J., Liu, J. H., Morris, C. L., O'Donnell, J. M., Peng, J. C., Petkovic, T., ... Zeps, V. (2001). The construction and operating characteristics of a cathode strip chamber system designed to measure the reaction vertices of a stopping kaon beam. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 469(1), 95-105. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-9002(01)00705-7

The construction and operating characteristics of a cathode strip chamber system designed to measure the reaction vertices of a stopping kaon beam. / Ahmed, M. W.; Androic, D.; Bertovic, I. et al.
In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 469, No. 1, 01.08.2001, p. 95-105.

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Ahmed, MW, Androic, D, Bertovic, I, Bjoraker, J, Chrien, R, Cui, X, Dehnhard, D, Empl, A, Furic, M, Gerald, J, Gill, R, Hungerford, EV, Juengst, H, Lan, KJ, Liu, JH, Morris, CL, O'Donnell, JM, Peng, JC, Petkovic, T, Pile, P, Planinic, M, Riedel, CM, Rusek, A, Sutter, R, Tang, L, Thiessen, HA, Youn, M & Zeps, V 2001, 'The construction and operating characteristics of a cathode strip chamber system designed to measure the reaction vertices of a stopping kaon beam', Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 469, no. 1, pp. 95-105. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-9002(01)00705-7

Ahmed MW, Androic D, Bertovic I, Bjoraker J, Chrien R, Cui X et al. The construction and operating characteristics of a cathode strip chamber system designed to measure the reaction vertices of a stopping kaon beam. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 2001 Aug 1;469(1):95-105. doi: 10.1016/S0168-9002(01)00705-7

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