• DocumentCode
    902004
  • Title

    Static forces on the anode wires in a straw chamber

  • Author

    Xu, Guanghua ; Hungerford, Ed V.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Houston, TX, USA
  • Volume
    53
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    4/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    549
  • Lastpage
    553
  • Abstract
    This paper derives equations for the deflection of an anode wire in a proportional straw chamber under electrostatic forces due to misalignments of the wire, deformation of the straw tube surface, and gravity.
  • Keywords
    position sensitive particle detectors; proportional counters; anode wire deflection; electrostatic forces; proportional straw chamber; straw tube surface deformation; Anodes; Capacitance; Detectors; Electric potential; Electrostatics; Geometry; Gravity; Particle tracking; Poisson equations; Wires; Electric-field effects; particle tracking; radiation detectors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.2006.870176
  • Filename
    1621362
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=902004