Extensive performance studies for the ATLAS BIS-MDT precision muon chambers with cosmic rays

Alexopoulos, Th; Avramidou, R; Bratzler, U; Cernoch, C; Dris, M; Fassouliotis, D; Filippas, TA; Fokitis, E; Gazis, EN; Ioannou, P; Katsoufis, EC; Kourkoumelis, Ch; Krepouri, A; Liolios, T; Maltezos, S; Manolopoulou, M; Palestini, S; Petridou, Ch; Polychronakos, V; Savva, P; Stavropoulos, G; Tsipolitis, Y; Tzamariudaki, E; Valderanis, Ch; Sampsonidis, D; Wotschack, J; Zimmermann, S

dc.contributor.author	Alexopoulos, Th	en
dc.contributor.author	Avramidou, R	en
dc.contributor.author	Bratzler, U	en
dc.contributor.author	Cernoch, C	en
dc.contributor.author	Dris, M	en
dc.contributor.author	Fassouliotis, D	en
dc.contributor.author	Filippas, TA	en
dc.contributor.author	Fokitis, E	en
dc.contributor.author	Gazis, EN	en
dc.contributor.author	Ioannou, P	en
dc.contributor.author	Katsoufis, EC	en
dc.contributor.author	Kourkoumelis, Ch	en
dc.contributor.author	Krepouri, A	en
dc.contributor.author	Liolios, T	en
dc.contributor.author	Maltezos, S	en
dc.contributor.author	Manolopoulou, M	en
dc.contributor.author	Palestini, S	en
dc.contributor.author	Petridou, Ch	en
dc.contributor.author	Polychronakos, V	en
dc.contributor.author	Savva, P	en
dc.contributor.author	Stavropoulos, G	en
dc.contributor.author	Tsipolitis, Y	en
dc.contributor.author	Tzamariudaki, E	en
dc.contributor.author	Valderanis, Ch	en
dc.contributor.author	Sampsonidis, D	en
dc.contributor.author	Wotschack, J	en
dc.contributor.author	Zimmermann, S	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T02:42:07Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T02:42:07Z
dc.date.issued	2002	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/30794
dc.subject	Cosmic Ray	en
dc.subject	High Efficiency	en
dc.subject	Large Hadron Collider	en
dc.subject	Low Noise	en
dc.subject	Spatial Resolution	en
dc.subject	Detection Efficiency	en
dc.subject	Proton Proton	en
dc.subject.other	Colliding beam accelerators	en
dc.subject.other	Cosmic rays	en
dc.subject.other	Data reduction	en
dc.subject.other	Extrapolation	en
dc.subject.other	Muon chambers	en
dc.subject.other	Charged particles	en
dc.title	Extensive performance studies for the ATLAS BIS-MDT precision muon chambers with cosmic rays	en
heal.type	conferenceItem	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1109/NSSMIC.2002.1239311	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/NSSMIC.2002.1239311	en
heal.publicationDate	2002	en
heal.abstract	ATLAS (A Toroidal LHC Apparatus) is a general-purpose experiment, which will start its operation at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in 2007. The ATLAS detector is designed to explore numerous physics processes by measuring, recording, and investigating the products emerging from proton-proton collisions at energies up to 14 TeV. High-precision muon momentum measurement (dp/p∼10% at pτ=1 TeV/c) over large areas using Monitored Drift Tube (MDT) chambers is crucial for the ATLAS experiment. More than 1,200 MDT chambers, assembled from approximately 370,000 drift tubes operated at 3 bar pressure, will be used to provide for the total detector coverage of 5,500 m2. Three Greek universities have taken the responsibility to construct 30,000 drift tubes of ∼1.7 m length, to test them and finally assemble them into 120 BIS (Barrel Inner Small) chambers. The design of the muon drift tubes aims at high efficiency (>95%) and a spatial resolution of <80 μm (single tube resolution). This paper describes the cosmic ray setup, which has been instrumented in order to verify that the BIS chamber Module-0 fulfils its design requirements. The analysis of its data shows that the chamber meets these requirements; it has low noise levels, uniform drift properties, good spatial resolution and high particle detection efficiency.	en
heal.journalName	IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1109/NSSMIC.2002.1239311	en
dc.identifier.volume	1	en
dc.identifier.spage	254	en
dc.identifier.epage	258	en