The STAR time projection chamber: A unique tool for studying high multiplicity events at RHIC

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

Volumn 499, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 659-678

  Anderson, M ^a   Berkovitz, J ^b   Betts, W ^c   Bossingham, R ^b   Bieser, F ^b   Brown, R ^c   Burks, M ^b   Calderon De La Barca Sanchez M ^l   Cebra, D ^a   Cherney, M ^d   Chrin, J ^d   Edwards, W R ^b   Ghazikhanian, V ^e   Greiner, D ^b   Gilkes, M ^f   Hardtke, D ^b   Harper, G ^g   Hjort, E ^b   Huang, H ^e   Igo, G ^e   Jacobson, S ^b   Keane, D ^h   Klein, S R ^b   Koehler, G ^b   Kotchenda, L ⁱ   Lasiuk, B ^j   Lebedev, A ^c   Lin, J ^d   Lisa, M ^k   Matis, H S ^b   Nystrand, J ^b   Panitkin, S ^c   Reichold, D ^d   Retiere, F ^b   Sakrejda, I ^b   Schweda, K ^b   Shuman, D ^b   Snellings, R ^b   Stone, N ^b,c   Stringfellow, B ^f   Thomas, J H ^b   Trainor, T ^g   Trentalange, S ^e   Wells, R ^b   Whitten, C ^e   Wieman, H ^b   Yamamoto, E ^b,e   Zhang, W ^h   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^h KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ PETERSBURG NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^j YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l NONE

more..

Author keywords

Detectors TPC; Drift chamber; Heavy ions; Time projection chambers

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLES; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DRIFT CHAMBERS; HEAVY IONS; ION BEAMS; PLASMA COLLISION PROCESSES;

PSUDORAPIDITY; RELATIVISTIC HEAVY ION COLLIDER; TIME PROJECTION CHAMBER; TPC;

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

EID: 0347875294     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(02)01964-2     Document Type: Article

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