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Studies on the drift properties and spatial resolution using a microMEGAS-equipped time projection chamber

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R&D studies on the performance as well as on the gas properties of the microMEGAS-based time projection chamber with standard readout were carried out in June 2005 using 4 GeV/c pion beam in a magnetic field from 0 to 1 T at the proton synchrotron beam line at KEK, Japan. Analysis of the electron drift velocity, diffusion constant and point resolution of padrow measurement for MicroMEGAS TPC filled with 95% argon and 5% isobutane gas are presented. The underlying physical mechanism which determines the optimal TPC performance are briefly discussed. Preliminary measurements of gas properties and spatial resolution in close agreement with the analytical calculation and MAGBOLTZ simulation are summarized and presented in this paper.

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  1. Department of Physics, MSU-Iligan Institute of Technology, Iligan City, Philippines

    Rosaio L. Reserva, Dennis C. Arogancia, Angelina M. Bacala & Hermogenes C. Gooc Jr

  2. IPNS, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Tsukuba, Japan

    Keisuke Fujii, Makoto Kobayashi, Takeshi Matsuda & Hiroshi Yamaoka

  3. DAPNIA, CEA-Saclay, 91191, Gif sur Yvette, France

    Dan Burke, Paul Colas, Arnaud Giganon & Ioannis Giomataris

  4. LAL, IN2P3-CNRS, et Universite de Paris-Sud 11, F91898, Orsay, France

    Vincent Lepeltier

  5. IPN, IN2P3-CNRS, et Universite Paris-Sud 11, F91406, Orsay, France

    Philippe Rosier & Thomas Zerguerras

  6. Saga University, Saga, Japan

    Hiroyuki Fujishima, Takatoshi Higashi, Akira Sugiyama & Sachio Matsushita

  7. Tokyo University of Agricultural Technology, Tokyo, Japan

    Masahiro Habu, Osamu Nitoh & Keiichi Nakamura

  8. Kogakuin University, Kogakuin, Japan

    Takashi Watanabe

  9. Tsukuba University, Tsukuba, Japan

    Atsushi Yamaguchi

  10. Max Planck Institute for Physics, Munich, Germany

    Ronald Dean Settles

  11. Kinki University, Kinki, Japan

    Yukihiro Kato

  12. Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

    Hirotoshi Kuroiwa

  13. Carleton University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Khalil Boudjemline, Madhu Dixit & Kirsten Sachs

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Reserva, R.L., Arogancia, D.C., Bacala, A.M. et al. Studies on the drift properties and spatial resolution using a microMEGAS-equipped time projection chamber. Pramana - J Phys 69, 989–994 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12043-007-0217-z

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