A long-term aging study of honeycomb drift tubes for the HERA-B Outer Tracker using a circulated and purified CF4 gas mixture

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

Volumn 515, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 140-145

  Capeans M ^a   Dehmelt, K ^b,c   Hohlmann, M ^b,c   Schmidt, B ^b  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b DESY   (Germany)

^c Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

CF4; Closed loop gas system; Etching; Gas purification; HERA B; Outer Tracker (OTR)

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; ELECTRIC CHARGE; GASES; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; IRRADIATION; MIXTURES; PLASMAS; REACTION KINETICS;

CLOSED-LOOP GAS SYSTEMS;

DRIFT CHAMBERS;

EID: 0242410493     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2003.08.141     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (8)

1. R. Pernack, Diploma Thesis, U. Rostock, 1998.
2. M. Hohlmann, A large ultra-clean gas system with closed loop for the high-rate Outer Tracker at HERA-B, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A, (2003) these Proceedings.
3. K. Dehmelt, Diploma Thesis, U. Hamburg, 1999.
4. M. Capeáns, Ph.D. Thesis, U. Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 1995.
5. M. Capeáns, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A, (2003) these Proceedings.
6. S. Masson, Tech. Hochsch. Aachen Report PITHA 94/50, Ph.D. Thesis, 1994.
7. D.M. Thiessen, M.S. Thesis, Simon Fraser U., Vancouver, Canada, 1996.
8. A. Zlatkis, C.F. Poole (Eds.), Electron Capture: Theory and practice in chromatography, Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 1981.