Operation of the ATLAS Transition Radiation Tracker under very high irradiation at the CERN LHC

Summary, in English

The ATLAS Transition Radiation Tracker (TRT) performance depends critically on the choice of the active gas and on its properties. The most important operational aspects, which have led to the final choice of the active gas for the operation of the TRT at the LHC design luminosity, are presented. The TRT performance expected at these conditions is reviewed, including pile-up effects at high luminosity. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

• Author: Torsten Åkesson; E Arik; K Baker; S Baron; D Benjamin; H Bertelsen; V Bondarenko; V Bytchkov; J Callahan; M Capeans; L Cardiel-Sas; A Catinaccio; SA Cetin; P Cwetanski; M Dam; H Danielsson; F Dittus; B Dolgoshein; N Dressnandt; Chafik Driouichi; WL Ebenstein; Paula Eerola; P Farthouat; O Fedin; D Froidevaux; P Gagnon; Y Grichkevitch; N Grigalashvili; Z Hajduk; P Hansen; F Kayumov; PT Keener; Björn Lundberg; A Zalite
• Department/s: Particle and nuclear physics
• Publishing year: 2004
• Language: English
• Pages: 25-32
• Publication/Series: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
• Volume: 522
• Issue: 1-2
• Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2004.01.013
• Document type: Conference paper
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Topic: Subatomic Physics
• Keywords: proportional chamber; ageing; TRT; TRD; high rate; straw
• Conference name: 2nd Workshop on Advanced Transition Radiation Detectors for Accelerator and Space Applications
• Conference date: 2003-09-04 - 2003-09-07
• Conference place: Bari, Italy
• Status: Published
• Project: ATLAS Experiment
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 0168-9002