The cosmic ray hodoscopes for testing thin gap chambers at the technion and Tel Aviv University

E. Etzion*, H. Abramowicz, N. Amram, Y. Benhammou, M. Ben-Moshe, G. Bella, J. Ginzburg, Y. Gernitzky, A. Harel, H. Landsman, N. Panikashvili, Y. Rozen, S. Tarem, E. Warszawski, J. Wasilewski, L. Levinson

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Abstract

Thin gap chambers (TGCs) are built for the muon trigger chambers in the endcap region of the LHC experiment ATLAS. More than 2500 ATLAS TGCs are being produced at the Weizmann institute in Israel, and in Shandong University in China. Detailed testing of these chambers is performed at the Technion and at the Tel-Aviv University. Two cosmic ray hodoscopes for testing the operation of these detectors were built in Israel. In these hodoscopes the response of the chambers to energetic cosmic ray muons is recorded and analyzed. The hodoscopes measure the exact time and space location of the cosmic ray hit and read out the chambers which are being tested to verify that they produce a corresponding signal within the required time interval. The cosmic ray hodoscopes built at the Technion and at the Tel Aviv University for the test of ATLAS Thin Gap Chambers (TGCs) are described. The mechanical structure, readout electronics, data acquisition and operating scheme are presented. Typical TGC test results are presented and discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Article numberPD3-4
Pages (from-to)3744-3749
Number of pages6
JournalIEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
Volume5
StatePublished - 2003
Event2003 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record - Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference - Portland, OR, United States
Duration: 19 Oct 200325 Oct 2003

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