W.J. Robertson

Measurement of the stopping power of nuclei for 100 GeV/c protons and antiprotons

Abstract We have studied the reactions p+A→ (p, n)+X and p +A→ p +X at beam momenta of 100 GeV/c for Mg, Ag and Au targets. The rapidity loss of the leading final state protons, antiprotons, and neutrons has been obtained as a measurement of the nuclear stopping power and correlated with the number of slow protons and the multiplicity and momentum of the associated charged particles.

Design and performance of a straw tube drift chamber

Abstract The design and performance of the straw drift chambers used in E735 is reported. The chambers are constructed from 2.5 cm radius aluminized mylar straw tubes with wall thickness less than 0.2 mm. Also, presented are the results of tests with 2 mm radius straw tubes. The small tube has a direct detector application at the Superconducting Super Collider.

Secondary particle identification using the relativistic rise in ionization

Abstract We report on the data analysis and techniques used to determine particle identification from the relativistic rise in ionization as detected by CRISIS, a 1 × 1 × 3 m 3 , 192 cell, ionization-sampling drift chamber containing an 80% argon/20% carbon dioxide gas mixture. For 100 GeV/ c protons/antiprotons (pions) we obtain an ionization FWHM of 7.6% (7.9%), which compares well with the design value of 7.8%. The separation between the mean ionization values for the protons and pions was determined to be 7.9%. We also present the analysis of particle identification for secondary particles produced by interactions in the bubble chamber. A statistical method for correcting for the overlapping ionization curves from secondary protons/antiprotons and pions is discussed.