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具有GEM扩增的大的非门控TPC

A Large Ungated TPC with GEM Amplification

M. Berger, M. Ball, L. Fabbietti, B. Ketzer, R. Arora, R. Beck, F. Böhmer, J. -C. Chen, F. Cusanno, S. Dørheim, J. Hehner, N. Herrmann, C. Höppner, D. Kaiser, M… 展开作者

M. Berger, M. Ball, L. Fabbietti, B. Ketzer, R. Arora, R. Beck, F. Böhmer, J. -C. Chen, F. Cusanno, S. Dørheim, J. Hehner, N. Herrmann, C. Höppner, D. Kaiser, M. Kis, V. Kleipa, I. Konorov, J. Kunkel, N. Kurz, Y. Leifels, P. Müllner, R. Münzer, S. Neubert, J. Rauch, C. J. Schmidt, R. Schmitz, D. Soyk, M. Vandenbroucke, B. Voss, D. Walther, J. Zmeskal

摘要:

时间投影室(TPC)是一种理想的设备,用于检测几乎覆盖$4π$立体角的大体积带电粒子径迹。给定粒子轨迹上的高密度命中促进了高占用环境中的模式识别任务,并且另外通过测量每个轨迹的比能量损失来提供粒子识别。基于这些原因,具有多丝正比室(MWPC)放大的TPC已经并被广泛用于记录重离子碰撞的实验中。然而,一个显著的缺点是通过使用门控网格产生的每个事件大约1 ms的大死区时间,这是强制性的,以防止在放大区域中产生的离子漂移回到漂移体积中,在漂移体积中,它们将严重扭曲后续轨道的漂移路径。因此,对于具有较高事件率的实验,在没有显著数据丢失的情况下,不能应用利用触发的门控网格操作的传统TPC的概念。连续读出信号是更合适的操作方式。然而,这构成了范式的改变,在放大区域、读出电子器件的设计和带宽以及数据处理方面存在相当大的挑战。这种操作的强制性先决条件是足够好地抑制来自雪崩区域的离子回流,否则这限制了这种检测器的跟踪和粒子识别能力。气体电子倍增器(GEM)是一个很有前途的候选人,结合良好的空间分辨率与离子的内在抑制。本文介绍了一种带GEM放大和无栅控栅极的大型TPC(GEM-TPC)的设计、建造和调试。

英文摘要:

A Time Projection Chamber (TPC) is an ideal device for the detection of charged particle tracks in a large volume covering a solid angle of almost $4π$. The high density of hits on a given particle track facilitates the task of pattern recognition in a high-occupancy environment and in addition provides particle identification by measuring the specific energy loss for each track. For these reasons, TPCs with Multiwire Proportional Chamber (MWPC) amplification have been and are widely used in experiments recording heavy-ion collisions. A significant drawback, however, is the large dead time of the order of 1 ms per event generated by the use of a gating grid, which is mandatory to prevent ions created in the amplification region from drifting back into the drift volume, where they would severely distort the drift path of subsequent tracks. For experiments with higher event rates this concept of a conventional TPC operating with a triggered gating grid can therefore not be applied without a significant loss of data. A continuous readout of the signals is the more appropriate way of operation. This, however, constitutes a change of paradigm with considerable challenges to be met concerning the amplification region, the design and bandwidth of the readout electronics, and the data handling. A mandatory prerequisite for such an operation is a sufficiently good suppression of the ion backflow from the avalanche region, which otherwise limits the tracking and particle identification capabilities of such a detector. Gas Electron Multipliers (GEM) are a promising candidate to combine excellent spatial resolution with an intrinsic suppression of ions. In this paper we describe the design, construction and the commissioning of a large TPC with GEM amplification and without gating grid (GEM-TPC).

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