THE STUDY AND PRODUCTION OF PWC'S FOR THE FIRST MODULE OF L3 HADRON CALORIMETER

This paper reports the study and production and the performance of 60 PWC's which were the first module of L3 hadron calorimeter.125 Volts plateau and 3.4%/100V plateau slope were obtained with the gas mixture of Ar:CO₂=80:20.We also checked the dark current of some chambers and found that the dark current could be reduced by "cooking".The chambers worked well when they were assembled in a calorimeter module and tested by the beam of SPS at CERN.