Aging studies for the large honeycomb drift tube system of the Outer Tracker of HERA-B

H. Albrecht; Th S. Bauer; M. Beck; A. Belkov; K. Berkhan; G. Bohm; M. Bruinsma; T. Buran; M. Capeans; J. Chamanina; B. X. Chen; H. Deckers; K. Dehmelt; X. Dong; R. Eckmann; D. Emelianov; S. Fourletov; I. Golutvin; M. Hohlmann; K. Höpfner; W. Hulsbergen; Y. Jia; C. Jiang; H. Kapitza; S. Karabekyan; Z. Ke; Y. Kiryushin; H. Kolanoski; S. Korpar; P. Križan; D. Krücker; A. Lanyov; Y. Q. Liu; T. Lohse; R. Loke; R. Mankel; G. Medin; E. Michel; A. Moshkin; J. Ni; S. Nowak; M. Ouchrif; C. Padilla; D. Pose; D. Ressing; V. Saveliev; B. Schmidt; W. Schmidt-Parzefall; A. Schreiner; U. Schwanke; A. S. Schwarz; I. Siccama; S. Solunin; S. Somov; V. Souvorov; A. Spiridonov; M. Starič; C. Stegmann; O. Steinkamp; N. Tesch; I. Tsakov; U. Uwer; S. Vassiliev; I. Vukotic; M. Walter; J. J. Wang; Y. M. Wang; R. Wurth; J. Yang; Z. Zheng; Z. Zhu; R. Zimmermann

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2003.08.144

Aging studies for the large honeycomb drift tube system of the Outer Tracker of HERA-B

H. Albrecht
, Th S. Bauer
, M. Beck
, A. Belkov
, K. Berkhan
, G. Bohm
, M. Bruinsma
, T. Buran
, M. Capeans
, J. Chamanina
, B. X. Chen
, H. Deckers
, K. Dehmelt
, X. Dong
, R. Eckmann
, D. Emelianov
, S. Fourletov
, I. Golutvin
, M. Hohlmann
, K. Höpfner

W. Hulsbergen, Y. Jia, C. Jiang, H. Kapitza, S. Karabekyan, Z. Ke, Y. Kiryushin, H. Kolanoski, S. Korpar, P. Križan, D. Krücker, A. Lanyov, Y. Q. Liu, T. Lohse, R. Loke, R. Mankel, G. Medin, E. Michel, A. Moshkin, J. Ni, S. Nowak, M. Ouchrif, C. Padilla, D. Pose, D. Ressing, V. Saveliev, B. Schmidt, W. Schmidt-Parzefall, A. Schreiner, U. Schwanke, A. S. Schwarz, I. Siccama, S. Solunin, S. Somov, V. Souvorov, A. Spiridonov, M. Starič, C. Stegmann, O. Steinkamp, N. Tesch, I. Tsakov, U. Uwer, S. Vassiliev, I. Vukotic, M. Walter, J. J. Wang, Y. M. Wang, R. Wurth, J. Yang, Z. Zheng, Z. Zhu, R. Zimmermann

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Abstract

The HERA-B Outer Tracker consists of drift tubes folded from polycarbonate foil and is operated with Ar/CF₄/CO₂ as drift gas. The detector has to stand radiation levels which are similar to LHC conditions. The first prototypes exposed to radiation in HERA-B suffered severe radiation damage due to the development of self-sustaining currents (Malter effect). In a subsequent extended R&D program major changes to the original concept for the drift tubes (surface conductivity, drift gas, production materials) have been developed and validated for use in harsh radiation environments. In the test program various aging effects (such as Malter currents, gain loss due to anode aging and etching of the anode gold surface) were observed, and cures by tuning of operation parameters were developed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	155-165
Number of pages	11
Journal	Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A
Volume	515
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2003.08.144
State	Published - Dec 1 2003
Event	Proceedings of the International Workshop on Aging Phenomena (AGING 2001) - Hamburg, Germany Duration: Oct 2 2001 → Oct 5 2001

Keywords

Anode aging
Gaseous detectors
Malter effect
Persistent dark current
Plasma corrosion
Tracker

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Albrecht, H., Bauer, T. S., Beck, M., Belkov, A., Berkhan, K., Bohm, G., Bruinsma, M., Buran, T., Capeans, M., Chamanina, J., Chen, B. X., Deckers, H., Dehmelt, K., Dong, X., Eckmann, R., Emelianov, D., Fourletov, S., Golutvin, I., Hohlmann, M., ... Zimmermann, R. (2003). Aging studies for the large honeycomb drift tube system of the Outer Tracker of HERA-B. Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A, 515(1-2), 155-165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2003.08.144

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