The ATLAS Transition Radiation Tracker (TRT) proportional drift tube: Design and performance

E. Abat, T.N. Addy, T.P.A. Åkesson, J. Alison, F. Anghinolfi, E. Arik, M. Arik, G. Atoian, B. Auerbach, O.K. Baker, E. Banas, S. Baron, C. Bault, N. Becerici, A. Beddall, A.J. Beddall, J. Bendotti, D.P. Benjamin, H. Bertelsen, A. BingulH. Blampey, A. Bocci, M. Bochenek, V.G. Bondarenko, V. Bychkov, J. Callahan, M. Capeáns Garrido, L. Cardiel Sas, A. Catinaccio, S.A. Cetin, T. Chandler, R. Chritin, P. Cwetanski, M. Dam, H. Danielsson, E. Danilevich, E. David, J. Degenhardt, B. Di Girolamo, F. Dittus, N. Dixon, O.B. Dogan, B.A. Dolgoshein, N. Dressnandt, C. Driouchi, W.L. Ebenstein, P. Eerola, U. Egede, K. Egorov, H. Evans, P. Farthouat, O.L. Fedin, A.J. Fowler, S. Fratina, D. Froidevaux, A. Fry, P. Gagnon, I.L. Gavrilenko, C. Gay, N. Ghodbane, J. Godlewski, M. Goulette, I. Gousakov, N. Grigalashvili, Y. Grishkevich, J. Grognuz, Z. Hajduk, M. Hance, F. Hansen, J.B. Hansen, P.H. Hansen, G.A. Hare, A. Harvey Jr., C. Hauviller, A. High, W. Hulsbergen, W. Huta, V. Issakov, S. Istin, V. Jain, G. Jarlskog, L. Jeanty, V.A. Kantserov, B. Kaplan, A.S. Kapliy, S. Katounine, F. Kayumov, P.T. Keener, G.D. Kekelidze, E. Khabarova, A. Khristachev, B. Kisielewski, T.H. Kittelmann, C. Kline, E.B. Klinkby, N.V. Klopov, B.R. Ko, T. Koffas, N.V. Kondratieva, S.P. Konovalov, S. Koperny, H. Korsmo, S. Kovalenko, T.Z. Kowalski, K. Krüger, V. Kramarenko, L.G. Kudin, A.-C. Le Bihan A.-C., B.C. LeGeyt, K. Levterov, P. Lichard, A. Lindahl, V. Lisan, S. Lobastov, A. Loginov, C.W. Loh, S. Lokwitz, M.C. Long, S. Lucas, A. Lucotte, F. Luehring, B. Lundberg, R. MacKeprang, V.P. Maleev, A. Manara, M. Mandl, A.J. Martin, F.F Martin, R. Mashinistov, G.M. Mayers, K.W. McFarlane, V. Mialkovski, B.M. Mills, B. Mindur, V.A. Mitsou, J.U. Mjörnmark, S.V. Morozov, E. Morris, S.V. Mouraviev, A.M. Muir, A. Munar, A.V. Nadtochi, S.Y. Nesterov, F.M. Newcomer, N. Nikitin, O. Novgorodova, E.G. Novodvorski, H. Ogren, S.H. Oh, S.B. Oleshko, D. Olivito, J. Olszowska, W. Ostrowicz, M.S. Passmore, S. Patrichev, J. Penwell, F. Perez-Gomez, V.D. Peshekhonov, D.C. Petersen, R. Petti, A. Placci, A. Poblaguev, X. Pons, M.J. Price, O. Rø Hne, R.D. Reece, M.B. Reilly, C. Rembser, A. Romaniouk, D. Rousseau, D. Rust, Y.F. Ryabov, V. Ryjov, M. Söderberg, A. Savenkov, J. Saxon, M. Scandurra, V.A. Schegelsky, M.I. Scherzer, M.P. Schmidt, C. Schmitt, E. Sedykh, D.M. Seliverstov, T. Shin, A. Shmeleva, S. Sivoklokov, S.Yu. Smirnov, L. Smirnova, O. Smirnova, P. Smith, V.V. Sosnovtsev, G. Sprachmann, S. Subramania, S.I. Suchkov, V.V. Sulin, R.R. Szczygiel, G. Tartarelli, E. Thomson, V.O. Tikhomirov, P. Tipton, J.A. Valls Ferrer, R. Van Berg, V.I. Vassilakopoulos, L. Vassilieva, P. Wagner, R. Wall, C. Wang, D. Whittington, H.H. Williams, A. Zhelezko, K. Zhukov

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Abstract

A straw proportional counter is the basic element of the ATLAS Transition Radiation Tracker (TRT). Its detailed properties as well as the main properties of a few TRT operating gas mixtures are described. Particular attention is paid to straw tube performance in high radiation conditions and to its operational stability. © 2008 IOP Publishing Ltd and SISSA.
Original languageEnglish
Article numberP02013
JournalJournal of Instrumentation
Volume3
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2008
Externally publishedYes

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