A Proportional Wire Calorimeter for Magnet Pole Tips
Open Access
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
- Vol. 28 (1), 517-523
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tns.1981.4331231
Abstract
We describe the results of test beam evaluation of a total absorption calorimeter which is designed to have magnetic properties comparable to those of ordinary steel, and thus can be incorporated into the poles of a spectrometer magnet. The test device consists of an iron structure penetrated by a fine-grain pattern of holes, each acting as a gas proportional tube, such that 90% of the volume is occupied by iron. Details of shower development and sampling fluctuations relevant to the design of a large scale device are studied for showers initiated by electrons and hadrons.Keywords
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