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Title | A Radial Time Projection Chamber for $a$ detection in CLAS at JLab |
Authors | Raphael Dupre, Stepan Stepanyan, Mohammad Hattawy, Nathan Baltzell, Kawtar Hafidi, Marco Battaglieri, Stephen Bueltmann, Andrea Celentano, Raffaella De Vita, Ahmed El Alaoui, Lamiaa El Fassi, Howard Fenker, K. Kosheleva, Sebastian Kuhn, Paolo Musico, Saverio Minutoli, M. Oliver, Yohann Perrin, Bayram Torayev, Eric Voutier |
JLAB number | JLAB-PHY-17-2530 |
LANL number | arXiv:1706.10160 |
Other number | DOE/OR/23177-4195 |
Document Type(s) | (Journal Article) |
Associated with EIC: | No |
Supported by Jefferson Lab LDRD Funding: | No |
Funding Source: | Nuclear Physics (NP) |
Journal Compiled for Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research, Section A Volume 898 Page(s) 90-97 Refereed | |
Publication Abstract: | A new Radial Time Projection Chamber (RTPC) was developed at the Jefferson Laboratory to track low-energy nuclear recoils for the purpose of measuring exclusive nuclear reactions, such as coherent Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering and coherent meson production off $^4$He. In such processes, the $^4$He nucleus remains intact in the final state, however the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer (CLAS) cannot track the low energy $\alpha$ particles. In 2009, we carried out measurements using the CLAS spectrometer supplemented by the RTPC positioned directly around a gaseous $^4$He target, allowing a detection threshold as low as 12$\sim$MeV for $^4$He. This article discusses the design, principle of operation, calibration methods and the performances of this RTPC. |
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Group: | Hall B |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2018.04.052 |
Accepted Manuscript: | JLAB-PHY-17-2530.pdf embargoed final, peer reviewed, accepted manuscript |
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