Understanding the impact of additives with large inelastic cross sections on drift chamber performance

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 421, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 278-283

  Fortunato, E ^a   Becker, U ^a   Dinner, R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drift chamber performance; Nitrogen addition

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN;

ELECTRON DRIFT VELOCITY;

DRIFT CHAMBERS;

EID: 0032777932     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(98)01199-1     Document Type: Article

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