TY - JOUR
T1 - Ageing in the LHCb outer tracker: Aromatic hydrocarbons and wire cleaning
AU - Tuning, N.
AU - Blom, M.R.
AU - van Eijk, D.
AU - Ketel, T.J.
AU - Merk, M.H.M.
AU - Mous, I.V.N.
AU - Pellegrino, A.
AU - du Pree, T.
AU - Serra, N.
AU - Simioni, E.
AU - Storaci, B.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - The LHCb Outer Tracker straw tubes have shown to suffer from gain loss after irradiation in the laboratory at moderate intensities. Under irradiation an insulating layer is formed on the anode wire. The ageing is caused by contamination of the counting gas due to outgassing of the plastifier diisopropyl-naphthalene in araldite AY103-1 used at construction. This paper presents irradiation results with and without the plastifier, together with the mass spectra of the glue samples. In addition, the effects of wire heating and large currents are presented. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
AB - The LHCb Outer Tracker straw tubes have shown to suffer from gain loss after irradiation in the laboratory at moderate intensities. Under irradiation an insulating layer is formed on the anode wire. The ageing is caused by contamination of the counting gas due to outgassing of the plastifier diisopropyl-naphthalene in araldite AY103-1 used at construction. This paper presents irradiation results with and without the plastifier, together with the mass spectra of the glue samples. In addition, the effects of wire heating and large currents are presented. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
U2 - 10.1016/j.nima.2011.08.001
DO - 10.1016/j.nima.2011.08.001
M3 - Article
VL - 656
SP - 45
EP - 50
JO - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment
JF - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment
SN - 0168-9002
IS - 1
ER -
