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

Alexopoulos, T; 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; Sampsonidis, D; Savva, P; Stavropoulos, G; Tsipolitis, G; Tzamariudaki, E; Valderanis, Ch; Wotschack, J; Zimmermann, S

dc.contributor.author	Alexopoulos, T	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	Sampsonidis, D	en
dc.contributor.author	Savva, P	en
dc.contributor.author	Stavropoulos, G	en
dc.contributor.author	Tsipolitis, G	en
dc.contributor.author	Tzamariudaki, E	en
dc.contributor.author	Valderanis, Ch	en
dc.contributor.author	Wotschack, J	en
dc.contributor.author	Zimmermann, S	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T02:42:15Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T02:42:15Z
dc.date.issued	2003	en
dc.identifier.issn	0018-9499	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/30892
dc.subject	ATLAS	en
dc.subject	Cosmic rays	en
dc.subject	Gas detectors	en
dc.subject	Muon spectrometer	en
dc.subject	Particle detectors	en
dc.subject.classification	Engineering, Electrical & Electronic	en
dc.subject.classification	Nuclear Science & Technology	en
dc.subject.other	Computer simulation	en
dc.subject.other	Gamma rays	en
dc.subject.other	Gas detectors	en
dc.subject.other	High energy physics	en
dc.subject.other	Irradiation	en
dc.subject.other	Magnets	en
dc.subject.other	Particle detectors	en
dc.subject.other	Protons	en
dc.subject.other	Signal theory	en
dc.subject.other	Spectrometers	en
dc.subject.other	ATLAS	en
dc.subject.other	Large hadron colliders (LHC)	en
dc.subject.other	Muon spectrometers	en
dc.subject.other	Cosmic rays	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/TNS.2003.820630	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TNS.2003.820630	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2003	en
heal.abstract	ATLAS (a toroidal LHC apparatus) is a general purpose experiment that 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 recording, measuring, and investigating the products emerging from proton-proton collisions at energies up to 14 TeV. High-precision muon momentum measurement (dp/p similar to 10% at PT = 1 TeV/c) over large areas using monitored drift tube (MDT) chambers is crucial for the ATLAS experiment. More than 1200 MDT chambers, consisting of approximately 370 000 drift tubes, will provide a total coverage of 5500 m(2). Three Greek universities have taken the responsibility to construct 130 barrel inner small (BIS)-MDT chambers using 30 000 drift tubes of similar to 1.7 m length that have been quality tested before assembly. The design of the muon drift tubes aims at high detection efficiency (> 95%) and a spatial single tube resolution of < 80 mum. This paper describes the cosmic ray test setup, which has been instrumented in order to verify that the BIS-MDT chamber Module-0 fulfills 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.publisher	IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC	en
heal.journalName	IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1109/TNS.2003.820630	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000188838000003	en
dc.identifier.volume	50	en
dc.identifier.issue	6 II	en
dc.identifier.spage	2420	en
dc.identifier.epage	2426	en