A straw drift chamber spectrometer for studies of rare kaon decays

We describe the design, construction, readout, tests, and performance of planar drift chambers, based on 5 mm diameter copperized Mylar and Kapton straws, used in an experimental search for rare kaon decays. The experiment took place in the high-intensity neutral beam at the Alternating Gradient Syn...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2003-08
Main Authors: Lang, K, Ambrose, D, Arroyo, C, Bachman, M, Connor, D, Eckhause, M, Ecklund, K M, Graessle, S, Hamela, M, Hamilton, S, Hancock, A D, Hartman, K, Hebert, M, Hoff, C H, Hoffmann, G W, Irwin, G M, Kane, J R, Kanematsu, N, Kuang, Y, Lee, R, Marcin, M, Martin, R D, McDonough, J, Milder, A, Molzon, W R, Ouimette, D, Pommot-Maia, M, Proga, M, Riley, P J, Ritchie, J L, Rubin, P D, Vassilakopoulos, V I, Ware, B, Welsh, R E, Wojcicki, S G, Worm, S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Dipoles
Drift
Kapton (trademark)
Mylar
Neutral beams
Polyimide resins
Straw
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Summary:We describe the design, construction, readout, tests, and performance of planar drift chambers, based on 5 mm diameter copperized Mylar and Kapton straws, used in an experimental search for rare kaon decays. The experiment took place in the high-intensity neutral beam at the Alternating Gradient Synchrotron of Brookhaven National Laboratory, using a neutral beam stop, two analyzing dipoles, and redundant particle identification to remove backgrounds.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.0308047