In Reply to Dr. Dizdar et al.

详细信息    查看全文

• 作者：Romuald Le Scodan ; Christophe Massard ; Emmanuelle Mouret-Fourme ; Alain Labib
• 关键词：Drift tube ; RT function ; Time-to-space ; Drift spectra ; TDC spectra ; Gas monitoring ; Calibration ; Muon chamber
• 刊名：International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
• 出版年：2008
• 出版时间：1 April 2008
• 年：2008
• 卷：70
• 期：5
• 页码：1615-1616
• 全文大小：68 K

文摘

The ATLAS Muon Spectrometer incorporates 354 000 drift tubes assembled into 1200 Monitored Drift Tube (MDT) precision chambers, with a total gas volume of d5=4b5dbdb3ad67e9d4a4831cc67c1c0bef"">. This MDT gas, Ar 93 % and d5=96c0da2b81dae1649888d0563256db5d"" title=""Click to view the MathML source"" alt=""Click to view the MathML source"">CO₂ 7 % at 3 bar, is cycled through the spectrometer at a rate of one total detector volume per day. Achieving the d5=979651e4f544a72f2dd32f709fc279d0""> drift tube design resolution requires stringent gas quality control as a fundamental component of the MDT calibration program. We report on the design, deployment and performance of a dedicated MDT mini-chamber conceived for continuous monitoring and drift time calibration of the ATLAS MDT operating gas. This chamber enables measurement of the drift spectra from which gas properties relevant to MDT calibrations and stable operating conditions are determined. Located in the ATLAS gas facility at CERN, the mini-chamber produces hourly drift spectra which are automatically analyzed. Results are published online and disseminated to the ATLAS muon system conditions and calibration databases in real time.