The HARP Time Projection Chamber: Characteristics and physics performance

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

Volumn 588, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 294-317

  Ammosov, V ^d   Bolshakova, A ^b   Boyko, I ^b   Chelkov, G ^b   Dedovitch, D ^b   Dydak, F ^a   Elagin, A ^b   Gapienko, V ^d   Gostkin, M ^b   Guskov, A ^b   Kroumchtein, Z ^b   Koreshev, V ^d   Linssen, L ^a   De Min, A ^c   Nefedov, Yu ^b   Nikolaev, K ^b   Semak, A ^d   Sviridov, Yu ^d   Usenko, E ^d   Wotschack, J ^a   Zaets, V ^d   Zhemchugov, A ^b   more..

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE FOR HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

HARP; Particle detector; Time Projection Chamber; TPC

Indexed keywords

DISTORTION (WAVES); ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING;

LARGE-ANGLE DETECTOR SYSTEM; RESISTIVE PLATE CHAMBERS; TIME PROJECTION CHAMBER (TPC); TRACK DISTORTIONS;

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

EID: 41449115181     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2007.11.025     Document Type: Article

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