Author :
Bogert, D. ; Brock, R. ; Burnstein, R. ; Fuess, S. ; Fisk, R. ; Morfin, J. ; Peters, M. ; Stutte, L. ; Walker, J.K. ; Bofill, J. ; Burg, R. ; Busza, W. ; Friedman, J.I. ; Goodman, M.C. ; Kendall, H.W. ; Lyons, T. ; Mattison, T. ; Osborne, L. ; Pitt, R. ;
Abstract :
The operation of a large flash chamber neutrino detector at Fermilab is described. The detector consists of 608 flash chambers, and 37 proportional chambers with an active area of 12´Ã—12´. Planes of sand and steel shot are interleaved with the flash chambers and proportional chambers to provide a fine grain sampling of recoil showers. The mass of the detector is 340 tons. The calibration of the instrument for electrons and hadrons in the energy range of 5 to 125 GeV is described.
