High rate tests of microstrip gas chambers for CMS

✍ Scribed by R. Malina; C. Bastie; B. Bell; R. Bellazzini; M. Bozzo; C. Brand; A. Brez; A. Caner; A. Cattai; V. Chorowicz; D. Contardo; L. Latronico; N. Lumb; C. Magazzú; J. Martin; M. Massai; L. Mirabito; A. Morelli; R. Raffo; L. Rolandi; G. Smadja; G. Spandre; M. Spezziga; A. Tsirou

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 292 KB
• Volume: 78
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0920-5632
• DOI: 10.1016/s0920-5632(99)00526-5

✦ Synopsis

MicroStrip Gas Chambers (MSGC's) have been proposed for equipping the outer region of the tracker of the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The MSGC's have undergone extensive development and tests during the last few years and their performance is well established. An important issue that has to be addressed to date is whether MSGC's can maintain their characteristics after a long exposure to an intense flux of particles, similar to LHC. We report results from the most recent beam test addressing this topic.