Title :
Tests of the wire ageing induced by radiation in the barrel muon chambers of the CMS experiment at LHC
Author :
Conti, E. ; Ballerini, R. ; Gasparini, F.
Author_Institution :
INFN, Padova, Italy
Abstract :
We show experimental results about the wire ageing induced by pollutants in Ar/CO2 gas irradiated by X-rays. The tests are important for the barrel muon chambers of the CMS experiment at the LHC, because they should operate for 10 years in a radiation field (muons, neutrons, gamma´s)
Keywords :
X-ray effects; ageing; drift chambers; muon detection; Ar/CO2 gas; CMS experiment; LHC; X-ray irradiation; barrel muon chambers; pollutants; wire ageing; Aging; Argon; Collision mitigation; Large Hadron Collider; Mesons; Neutrons; Pollution; Testing; Wire; X-rays;
Conference_Titel :
Radiation and Its Effects on Components and Systems, 1999. RADECS 99. 1999 Fifth European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Fontevraud
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5726-4
DOI :
10.1109/RADECS.1999.858586
