阴极适应多丝室电荷灵敏放大器的研制

电荷放大器是粒子描迹仪系统中一个重要组成部分,它的目的是把多丝正比室输出的弱电信号进行放大并处理为准高斯信号以供CIA(电流积分型ADC）电路进行数字化。整个电路主要包括放大、成型两个部分。可把不同幅度的输入脉冲放大成型为宽度600ns的准高斯波形。     

阴极适应多丝室电荷灵敏放大器的研制

 电荷放大器是粒子描迹仪系统中一个重要组成部分，它的目的是把多丝正比室输出的弱电信号进行放大并处理为准高斯信号以供CIA(电流积分型ADC）电路进行数字化。整个电路主要包括放大、成型两个部分。可把不同幅度的输入脉冲放大成型为宽度600ns的准高斯波形。     

Preliminary result of an advanced tangential X-ray pinhole camera system with a duplex MWPC on KSTAR plasma

An advanced tangential X-ray pinhole camera (TXPC) has been developed for KSTAR by utilizing a 2-D duplex multi-wire proportional counter (MWPC) detector. The KSTAR MWPC employs a 2-D parallel type readout system for high temporal resolution and adopts a duplex type for the capability of electron temperature measurement via the multi-color method. This paper presents the performance test result of the developed MWPC system utilizing a Fe-55 X-ray source. As a preliminary experimental result from the 2012 KSTAR campaign, the clear presentation of sawtooth activities and its frequency change, and 2-D plasma images during the vertical disruption event are given.     

多丝室在北京试验束中的应用

 介绍了北京正负电子对撞机直线加速器附设e,p试验束多丝室的结构及工作机理。该室间隙6 mm,窗口面积80 mm×80 mm,位置灵敏面积50 mm×50 mm;阳极丝和阴极丝分别采用直径为20 mm和50 mm镀金钨丝,阳极丝距2 mm,阴极丝距0.7 mm,每6根阴极丝并联构成阴极条,阴极条间距4.2 mm。采用阴极条感应重心读出分辨位置,对5.9 keV的γ光子,获得优于0.3 mm (FWHM)的位置分辨;对1.1 GeV电子束流,获得0.224 mm (FWHM)的位置分辨。     

Development of a portable and fast wire tension measurement system for MWPC construction

In a multi-wire proportional chamber detector(MWPC), the anode and signal wires must maintain suitable tension, which is very important for the detector's stable and accurate performance. As a result, wire tension control and measurement is essential in MWPC construction. A high pressure3 He MWPC detector is to be used as the thermal neutron detector of the multi-functional reflectometer at China Spallation Neutron Source, and in the construction of the detector, we have developed a wire tension measurement system. This system is accurate,portable and time-saving. With it, the wire tension on an anode wire plane has been tested. The measurement results show that the wire tension control techniques used in detector manufacture are reliable.     

CORONA DISCHARGE OF MULTI-WIRE PROPORTIONAL CHAMBERS

In this report,the stable corona discharge region of multi-wire proportional cham-ber（MWPC）has been measured.In this region we observed double peak pheno- menon in Fe⁵⁵ pulse amplitude distribution,and establish the fact that,once cornadischarge region is present in MWPC,the spatial resolution power for light partic-les will be lost.     

多丝室在北京试验束中的应用

介绍了北京正负电子对撞机直线加速器附设e,p试验束多丝室的结构及工作机理。该室间隙6 mm,窗口面积80 mm×80 mm,位置灵敏面积50 mm×50 mm;阳极丝和阴极丝分别采用直径为20 mm和50 mm镀金钨丝,阳极丝距2 mm,阴极丝距0.7 mm,每6根阴极丝并联构成阴极条,阴极条间距4.2 mm。采用阴极条感应重心读出分辨位置,对5.9 keV的γ光子,获得优于0.3 mm (FWHM)的位置分辨;对1.1 GeV电子束流,获得0.224 mm (FWHM)的位置分辨。     

MEASUREMENT OF DELAY TIME DISTRIBUTION OF MULTI-WIRE PROPORTIONAL CHAMBERS

Delay time distribution of MWPC has been measured systematically,and experi-mental results have roughly analyzed.     

A POSITRON CT CAMERA SYSTEM USIUG MULTIWIRE PROPORTIONAL CHAMBERS AS DETECTORS

A positron CT camera system using multiwire proportional chambers as detectors is reported.This system is composed of two high density MWPC γ-ray detectors,an electronic readout system and a computer for data processing.The tomography of three dimensions is obtained.The imaging matrix 64×64×16.     

基于LC延迟电路的双层多丝正比室的研制

描述了为兰州放射性粒子束流线（RIBLL Ⅱ）上测量束流径迹而研制的一种基于LC延迟电路的双层多丝正比室（MWPC）。该探测器的探测灵敏面积为100 mm×80 mm,位置信号由阴极丝引出并通过LC延迟电路读出。探测器由两套完整的多丝正比室组成,每套的阳极丝夹在两层平行的阴极丝之间,阳极丝和阴极丝相互垂直。两套阴极丝相互垂直给出入射粒子的二维位置信息。为了增大感应信号以提高探测效率,将每套位置对应的阴极丝合并成一路接入LC延迟电路。用55Fe-5.9 keV X射线源均匀照射探测器的灵敏区域,测试表明其具有良好的位置灵敏一致性。用X射线源通过准直狭缝扫描整个探测器的灵敏区域,得到X,Y层的位置线性度均好于0.999;其位置分辨（σ）分别为199.9 μm和154.0 μm,目前,该探测器已成功用于RIBLL Ⅱ的实验中。A double-layer Multi-Wire Proportional Chamber (MWPC) with 100 mm×80 mm active area has been developed for Radioactive Ion Beam Line in Lanzhou(RIBLL Ⅱ). The position information has been obtained by a LC delay circuit readout method. Being called of double-layer MWPC, it is composed of two full MWPCs, each consists of an anode plane sandwiched between two parallel cathode planes, anode wires and cathode wires are perpendicular to each other. In order to improve the detection efficiency, the cathode wires of corresponding position are combined to enhance inductive signal. The cathode wires of two full MWPCs are orthogonally placed to give two coordinates of the incident particles. The sensitivity uniformity is also found to be relatively good and the position resolution of X, Y direction are measured to be 199.9 and 154.0 μm using a 55Fe-5.9 keV X ray, respectively. The position linearity of X, Y direction are as good as 0.999 for whole sensitive area of the detector. The detector has been used successfully on the experiment at RIBLL Ⅱ.     

CSNS多功能反射谱仪主探测器读出电子学系统研制

为满足中国散裂中子源（CSNS）多功能反射谱仪（MR）主探测器高气压³He多丝正比室探测器（MWPC）的需求,研制了专用的读出电子学系统。该系统主要由核心前放板和触发扇出板构成,其中以前放板为核心,采用了6块前放板实现探测器142路模拟信号的数字化,并通过判选机制甄别中子信息,将有效中子事例打包发送给后端,触发扇出板提供同一时刻到达的T0信号和触发信号,以确保数据的对齐。读出电子学系统分别在实验室和束流条件下,进行了相关指标测试,测试结果表明性能优于设计要求。目前MWPC探测器已经成功安装到MR谱仪现场,并且已经开始稳定运行。     

Design and experimental study of a two-dimensional position sensitive X-ray detector

A prototype of a two-dimensional position sensitive X-ray detector was designed and constructed for small angle X-ray scattering experiments at BSFR (Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility). The detector is based on MWPC with cathode strip readout, and has a sensitive area of 200 mmx200 mm. The spatial resolution (FWHM) of about 210 μm along the anode wire direction was obtained from the 55Fe X-ray test of the detector.     

基于GEM探测器的时间投影室TPC的讨论

自20世纪90年代以来, GEM探测器以其高电子倍增、高空间分辨和高计数率等优势在粒子物理和辐射成像等领域得到了广泛和深入的研究, 具有广阔的应用前景. 如果将GEM作为读出探测器应用在时间投影室TPC系统上, 和传统的读出方式比较起来, 既有许多优点也有许多挑战. 目前世界上有许多机构正在研究将此方案用于将来的大型正负电子对撞机ILC. 本文论述了这些研究课题的概况, 讨论了TPC的各项关键性能指标与GEM探测器的关系及存在的问题.     

Performance of the low pressure MWPCs for f ission fragments under a high background

Two couples of low pressure multi-wire proportional chambers (MWPC) were located in the target chamber to detect fission fragments in a hypernuclei producing experiment at Thomas Jefferson National Laboratory (Jlab). In the experiment, a continuous wave (CW) electron beam was applied to form hypernuclei by electromagnetic interaction. In the target chamber, the high energy (1.853 GeV) and high intensity (500 nA) primary electron beam caused a high particle background, which influenced the detection of the fission fragments. This report described the design of the MWPCs and studied the fission-fragment detecting performance of them under such a high background. The efficiency of the MWPCs was given with the help of a high resolution kaon spectrometer. At the same time, the background particles were discussed with a Monte Carlo code based on GEANT4.     

Simulation of 12C+12C elastic scattering at high energy by using the Monte Carlo method

The Monte Carlo method is used to simulate the ¹²C+¹²C reaction process. Taking into account the size of the incident ¹²C beam spot and the thickness of the ¹²C target, the distributions of scattered ¹²C on the MWPC and the CsI detectors at a detective distance have been simulated. In order to separate elastic scattering from the inelastic scattering with 4.4 MeV excited energy, we set several variables: the kinetic energy of incident ¹²C, the thickness of the ¹²C target, the ratio of the excited state, the wire spacing of the MWPC, the energy resolution of the CsI detector and the time resolution of the plastic scintillator. From the simulation results, the preliminary establishment of the experiment system can be determined to be that the beam size of the incident ¹²C is φ 5 mm, the incident kinetic energy is 200-400 A MeV, the target thickness is 2 mm, the ratio of the excited state is 20%, the ight distance of scattered ¹²C is 3 m, the energy resolution of the CsI detectors is 1%, the time resolution of the plastic scintillator is 0.5%, and the size of the CsI detectors is 7 cm×7 cm, and we need at least 16 CsI detectors to cover a 0° to 5° angular distribution.     

Measurement of fusion excitation functions of 27, 29, 31Al + 197Au

A systematic study of the sub-barrier fusion reactions with neutron-rich projectiles has been carried out for three isotopes ^27,29,31Al bombarding a ¹⁹⁷Au target. A target chamber equipped with a target stack and sets of MWPC was employed in order to enhance the efficiency of the radioactive beam experiment. Coupled-channel calculations including the quadrupole excitations do not well fit the measured fusion excitation functions, whereas flat barrier distributions to represent the coupling to the neutron transfer largely account for the observed enhancement of the sub-barrier fusion cross-sections. Received: 13 March 2001 / Accepted: 27 April 2001     

A beam test of prototype time projection chamber using micro-pattern gas detectors at KEK

We conducted a series of beam tests of prototype TPCs for the international linear collider (ILC) experiment, equipped with an MWPC, a MicroMEGAS, or GEMs as a readout device. The prototype operated successfully in a test beam at KEK under an axial magnetic field of up to 1 T. The analysis of data is now in progress and some of the preliminary results obtained with GEMs and MicroMEGAS are presented along with our interpretation. Also given is the extrapolation of the obtained spatial resolution to that of a large TPC expected as the central tracker of the ILC experiment. on behalf of part of the ILC-TPC Collaboration     

Study on the imaging ability of the 2D neutron detector based on MWPC

A 2D neutron detector based on 3 He convertor and MWPC with an active area of 200 mm×200 mm has been successfully designed and fabricated.The detector has been tested with Am/Be neutron source and with collimated neutron beam with the wavelength of =1.37.The best spatial resolution of 1.18 mm(FWHM) and good linearity were obtained.This is in good agreement with theoretical calculations.     

Influence of working gas properties on MWPC anode wire modulation effect

For MWPCs used for X-ray position detection, simulation studies of the anode wire modulation effect of the detector were carried out using the Garfield program. Different gas mixtures were used as the working gas in the simulation, so as to obtain the influence of the X-ray cross section and electron diffusion coefficient of the working gases on the anode wire modulation effect of an MWPC with anode wire spacing of 2 mm. Results show that, though a working gas with higher X-ray cross section implies a larger average drift distance for the ionized electrons, such gas mixtures are of little use in improving the anode wire modulation effect of MWPCs. It is found that the transverse electron diffusion coefficient is the determining factor for the extent of the anode wire modulation effect in the detector.     

Measurement of the polarization parameter in pp elastic scattering at 150 GeV/c

The polarization parameter in pp elastic scattering at 150 GeV/c, and in the momentum transfer interval 0.4 ? ?t ? 3.0 GeV², has been measured in an MWPC and scintillation counter experiment at the CERN SPS using a polarized proton target. The polarization is decreasing steadily from zero to ≈ ? 10% in the range 0.4 < ?t < 1.3 GeV²; for higher |t| the data suggests a change of sign. Results are also given for the differential cross section, which exhibits a small dip at ?t = (1.46 ± 0.01) GeV.