Extensive Performance Studies for the ATLAS BIS-MDT Precision Muon Chambers with Cosmic Rays

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 50, Issue 6 II, 2003, Pages 2420-2426

  Alexopoulos, T ^a   Avramidou, R ^a   Bratzler, U ^a   Cernoch, C ^b   Dris, M ^a   Fassouliotis, D ^c   Filippas, T A ^a   Fokitis, E ^a   Gazis, E N ^a   Ioannou, P ^c   Katsoufis, E C ^a   Kourkoumelis, Ch ^c   Krepouri, A ^d   Liolios, T ^d   Maltezos, S ^a   Manolopoulou, M ^d   Palestini, S ^b   Petridou, Ch ^d   Polychronakos, V ^e   Sampsonidis, D ^d   Savva, P ^a   Stavropoulos, G ^a,f   Tsipolitis, G ^a   Tzamariudaki, E ^a   Valderanis, Ch ^d   Wotschack, J ^b   Zimmermann, S ^g   more..

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^e BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

ATLAS; Cosmic rays; Gas detectors; Muon spectrometer; Particle detectors

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAMMA RAYS; GAS DETECTORS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; IRRADIATION; MAGNETS; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PROTONS; SIGNAL THEORY; SPECTROMETERS;

ATLAS; LARGE HADRON COLLIDERS (LHC); MUON SPECTROMETERS;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 10744221007     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2003.820630     Document Type: Conference Paper

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