• DocumentCode
    930937
  • Title

    Performance of the TOPAZ time projection chamber

  • Author

    Shirahashi, A. ; Aihara, H. ; Itoh, R. ; Kamae, T. ; Kusuki, N. ; Tanaka, M. ; Fujii, H. ; Jujii, K. ; Ikeda, H. ; Iwasaki, H. ; Kobayashi, M. ; Matsuda, T. ; Miyamoto, A. ; Nakamura, K. ; Ochiai, F. ; Tsukamot, T. ; Yamauchi, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Tokyo Univ., Japan
  • Volume
    35
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1988
  • Firstpage
    414
  • Lastpage
    418
  • Abstract
    The performance of the TOPAZ time projection chamber (TPC) based on real e/sup +/e/sup -/ events and cosmic ray events is reported. Spatial resolution, momentum resolution, and EE/dx resolution results are presented in detail.<>
  • Keywords
    electron detection and measurement; position sensitive particle detectors; proportional counters; EE/dx resolution; TOPAZ time projection chamber; cosmic ray events; momentum resolution; real e/sup +/e/sup -/ events; spatial resolution; Anodes; Detectors; Electrons; Energy loss; Energy measurement; Loss measurement; Particle measurements; Particle tracking; Signal processing; Wires;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/23.12755
  • Filename
    12755