Author/Authors :
Cunsolo، نويسنده , , A and Cappuzzello، نويسنده , , F and Foti، نويسنده , , G. and Gangnant، نويسنده , , P and Lazzaro، نويسنده , , A and Libin، نويسنده , , J.F and Melita، نويسنده , , A.L and Mittig، نويسنده , , W and Nociforo، نويسنده , , C and Orrigo، نويسنده , , P. Roussel-Chomaz، نويسنده , , P and Spitaels، نويسنده , , C and Winfield، نويسنده , , J.S، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
A low-pressure gas tracker for heavy ions is described. It is based on a drift chamber with four series of multiplying wires for energy loss measurement and underlying strips for position and angle determination. Results of tests with an α-source and with low-energy heavy-ion beams are presented. They indicate the suitability of such a detector in a wide range of experiments with heavy ions where a low energy threshold, a large solid angle, together with a precise measurement of ion trajectories and identification is needed. In particular, the application as a prototype of the focal plane detector for the large-acceptance spectrometer MAGNEX is discussed.
