N. Hill

Design and construction of the ZEUS barrel calorimeter

Abstract We present the mechanical design and construction techniques used in building the barrel calorimeter for the ZEUS detector. The latter is currently under construction for use at the HERA electron-proton colliding beam facility. The calorimeter consists of 32 wedge shaped modules with approximate dimensions of 3×0.5×1.7 m 3 . The modules use alternate layers of depleted uranium and scintillator with one radiation length sampling. The light is collected via wavelength shifter plates placed on the sloping sides of the modules and read out by photomultiplier tubes located at the outer radius. The unit cell dimensions result in a ratio e h = 1 which yields an optimal energy resolution for hadronic jets. The placing of the structural components and the arrangement of the cracks between modules were chosen to maximize the uniformity of the response. Details of the construction and assembly effort needed to realize the total calorimeter are given. We finally describe the procedures used for transporting the completed modules to DESY and to install them on ZEUS.

The SOUDAN 2 detector: The design and construction of the tracking calorimeter modules

SOUDAN 2 is a 960-ton tracking calorimeter which has been constructed to search for nucleon decay and other phenomena. The full detector consists of 224 calorimeter modules each weighing 4.3 tons. The design and construction of the modules are described. The modules consist of finely segmented iron instrumented with 1 m long drift tubes of 15 mm internal diameter. The tubes enable three spatial coordinates and dE/dx to be recorded for charged particles traversing the tubes.

The observation of underground muons from the direction of Cygnus X-3 during the January 1991 radio flare

Abstract Muons recorded in the Soudan 2 underground nucleon decay detector from January 1989 to February 1991 have been examined for any correlation with the radio flares of Cygnus X-3 observed during this period. On two nearby days during the radio flare of January 1991 a total of 32 muons within 2.0° of the Cygnus X-3 direction were observed when 11.4 were expected.

First results from the Soudan 2 proton decay experiment

First results on contained neutrino interactions are presented from the Soudan 2 proton decay experiment. 20 neutrino events have been found in a fiducial exposure of 0.29 kton years.

Simultaneous Air Shower and Deep Muon Observations at Soudan

Recently, a few groups1 have made attempts to simultaneously measure the electromagnetic and deep underground muon components of cosmic ray showers. This is one such experiment, using a small proportional tube surface air shower detector in coincidence with the Soudan 2 nucleon decay detector. It has run since June, 1991, and some 22 000 events which triggered both detectors have been recorded. This body of data may provide insight into the composition of cosmic rays in the “knee” area of the cosmic ray spectrum.

The 1990 SAE Methanol Challenge: Summary of a Successful Student Design Competition

A follow-up to the 1989 Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Methanol Marathon called the Methanol Challenge was held in April 1990. One of a series of engineering student competitions using alternative fuels organized and conducted by the Center for Transportation Research at Argonne National Laboratory, the Methanol Challenge pushed the technology for dedicated M85 (85% methanol, 15% hydrocarbon fuel) methanol passenger cars to new levels. The event included complete federal exhaust emissions, cold-start and driveability, performance, and fuel economy testing. Twelve teams of student engineers from the United States and Canada competed in the Challenge using Chevrolet Corsicas donated by General Motors (GM) to the schools. The winning car, from the University of Tennessee, simultaneously demonstrated extremely low emissions, dramatically increased performance, and significantly improved fuel economy. This paper describes the goals, the conversion approaches used by the various university students, and results of the competition on emissions, cold-start, road rally performance, fuel economy, cold driveability, acceleration, maneuverability, and exhaust noise. 4 figs., 15 tabs.