Performance studies with an ALICE TPC prototype

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

Volumn 565, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 551-560

  Antonczyk D ^a   Baechler, J ^b   Bramm, R ^a   Campagnolo, R ^b   Christiansen, P ^b   Frankenfeld, U ^a   Gonzalez Gutierrez, C ^b   Ivanov, M ^c   Kowalski, M ^d   Musa, L ^b   Przybyla, A ^a  

^a GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

ALICE; ALTRO; Ionization energy loss; Neon based gas mixtures; Space point resolution; Straggling; TPC

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER ELECTRONICS; COSMIC RAYS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY DISSIPATION; GAS ABSORPTION; IONIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ALICE; ALTRO; IONIZATION ENERGY LOSS; NEON-BASED GAS MIXTURES; SPACE POINT RESOLUTION; STRAGGLING; TPC;

SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING;

EID: 33748055446     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2006.06.022     Document Type: Article

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