Tracking with Straw Tubes in the PANDA Experiment

M. Bragadireanu; D. Pietreanu; M.E. Vasile; M. Idzik; D. Przyborowski; P. Kulessa; K. Pysz; J. Biernat; S. Jowzaee; G. Korcyl; M. Pałka; P. Salabura; J. Smyrski; D. Bettoni; E. Fioravanti; I. Garzia; M. Savriè; P. Gianotti; V. Lucherini; E. Pace; M. Mertens; H. Ohm; S. Orfanitski; J. Ritman; V. Serdyuk; P. Wintz; S. Dobbs; A. Tomaradze; G.L. Boca; S. Costanza; P. Genova; L. Lavezzi; P. Montagna; A. Rotondi; S. Spataro

doi:10.1051/epjconf/20146611007

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EPJ Web of Conferences, 66 (2014) 11007

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Issue		EPJ Web of Conferences Volume 66, 2014 INPC 2013 – International Nuclear Physics Conference


Article Number		11007
Number of page(s)		4
Section		New Facilities and Instrumentation
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20146611007
Published online		20 March 2014

EPJ Web of Conferences 66, 11007 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20146611007

Tracking with Straw Tubes in the PANDA Experiment

M. Bragadireanu¹, D. Pietreanu¹, M.E. Vasile¹, M. Idzik², D. Przyborowski², P. Kulessa³, K. Pysz³^a, J. Biernat⁴, S. Jowzaee⁴, G. Korcyl⁴, M. Pałka⁴, P. Salabura⁴, J. Smyrski⁴, D. Bettoni⁵, E. Fioravanti⁵, I. Garzia⁵, M. Savriè⁵, P. Gianotti⁶, V. Lucherini⁶, E. Pace⁶, M. Mertens⁷, H. Ohm⁷, S. Orfanitski⁷, J. Ritman⁷, V. Serdyuk⁷, P. Wintz⁷, S. Dobbs⁸, A. Tomaradze⁸, G.L. Boca⁹, S. Costanza⁹, P. Genova⁹, L. Lavezzi⁹, P. Montagna⁹, A. Rotondi⁹ and S. Spataro¹⁰

¹ Institutul National de C&D pentru Fizica si Inginerie Nucleara “Horia Hulubei”, Bucharest, Romania
² AGH-UST, University of Science and Technology, Cracow, Poland
³ IFJ, Instytut Fizyki J ądrowej, PAN, Cracow, Poland
⁴ Instytut Fizyki, Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Cracow, Poland
⁵ Dipartimento di fisica, Università e sez. INFN di Ferrara, Italy
⁶ INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I–00044, Frascati, Italy
⁷ IKP, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany
⁸ Northwestern University, Evanston, U.S.A.
⁹ Dipartimento di Fisica, Università e sez. INFN di Pavia, Italy
¹⁰ Dipartimento di Fisica, Università e sez. INFN di Torino, Italy

^a e-mail: krzysztof.pysz@ifj.edu.pl

Published online: 20 March 2014

Abstract

The PANDA spectrometer will be built at the FAIR facility at Darmstadt (Germany) to perform accurate tests of the strong interaction through ¯pp and ¯pA annihilation studies. The charged particle tracking at PANDA will be done using both solid state and gaseous detectors. Among the latter, two straw tube detector systems will be built [1]. The cylindrical, central straw tube tracker features a high spatial and momentum resolution for a wide range of particle momenta from about 8 GeV/c down to a few 100 MeV/c, together with particle identification in the momentum region below about 1 GeV/c by measuring the specific energy-loss. A new technique, based on self-supporting straw double layers with intrinsic wire tension developed for the COSY-TOF straw tracker [2], has been adopted for the PANDA trackers. The development of the readout electronics for the straw tubes is ongoing. Prototypes have been produced and used to instrument straw tube modules that have been tested with cosmic rays and proton beams. Design issues of the PANDA straw tubes, together with the results of the prototype tests are presented.

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