A straw drift chamber spectrometer for studies of rare kaon decays
/ Authors
K. Lang, D. Ambrose, C. Arroyo, M. Bachman, D. Connor, M. Eckhause, K. Ecklund, S. Graessle, M. Hamela, S. Hamilton
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A. Hancock, K. Hartman, M. Hebert, C. Hoff, G. Hoffmann, G. Irwin, J. Kane, N. Kanematsu, Y. Kuang, R. Lee, M. Marcin, R. Martin, J. McDonough, A. Milder, W. Molzon, D. Ouimette, M. Pommot-Maia, M. Proga, P. Riley, J. Ritchie, P. Rubin, V. Vassilakopoulos, B. Ware, R. Welsh, S. Wojcicki, S. Worm
/ Abstract
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.
Journal: Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A-accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment