• Title of article

    Time-zero fission-fragment detector based on low-pressure multiwire proportional chambers

  • Author/Authors

    Assamagan، نويسنده , , K. and Baker، نويسنده , , K. and Bayatyan، نويسنده , , G. and Carlini، نويسنده , , R. and Danagoulian، نويسنده , , S. and Eden، نويسنده , , T. and Egiyan، نويسنده , , K. and Ent، نويسنده , , R. and Fenker، نويسنده , , H. and Gan، نويسنده , , L. and Gasparian، نويسنده , , A. and Grigoryan، نويسنده , , N. N. Greenwood, A. Earnshaw، نويسنده , , Z. and Gueye، نويسنده , , P. and Hashimoto، نويسنده , , O. and Johnston، نويسنده , , K. and ، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 1999
  • Pages
    15
  • From page
    405
  • To page
    419
  • Abstract
    A time-zero fission fragment (FF) detector, based on the technique of low-pressure multiwire proportional chambers (LPMWPC), has been designed and constructed for the heavy hypernuclear lifetime experiment (E95-002) at Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility. Its characteristics and the method of time-zero reconstruction were investigated using fission fragments from a 252Cf spontaneous fission source. The influence of the ionization energy loss was also studied. It is shown that Heptane, Hexane, and Isobutane gases at a pressure of 1–2 Torr are all suitable for such a FF detector. As desired by experiment, a timing resolution of about 200 ps (FWHM) for a chamber size of 21×21 cm2 was achieved.
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A
  • Serial Year
    1999
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A
  • Record number

    2181068