Part II Momentum Measurement in B Field Momentum is determined by measurement of track curvature κ = 1 ρ in B field: Use of Track Detectors for Momentum Measurement Gas Detectors - Proportional Chamber - Drift Chamber - TPC - MSGC, RPC, GEM Measure sagitta s of the track. For the momentum component transverse to B field: = qbρ Units: [ GeV] = 0.3B[ T]ρ[ m] x 2 x 3 L 2 θ θ L 0.3B L --------- = sin-- -- (for small θ θ -- = ------------------ ρ 2 2 ρ s ρ θ 1 cos-- 1 = ρ 1 1 -- ---- θ2 2 2 4 = ρ θ2 ---- 8 0.3 ------ L2 B --------- 8 Silicon Detectors - Strip Detectors - Pixel Detectors x 1 For the simple case of three measurements: s = x 2 ( x 1 + x 3 2 ds = dx 2 dx 1 2 dx 3 2 with σ( x dx i uncorrelated error of single measurement: σ2 s σ 2 σ ( x 2 ( x 3 = + ------------- 2 = --σ 4 2 2 ( x carsten.niebuhr@desy.de 1 Particle Detectors 2 carsten.niebuhr@desy.de 2 Particle Detectors 2 Relative Momentum Error Contribution from Multiple Scattering σ( p For 3 points the relative momentum resolution is given by: T -------------- degrades linearly with transverse momentum improves linearly with increasing B field improves quadratically with radial extension of detector In the case of N equidistant measurements according to Gluckstern [NIM 24 (1963 381]: σ( σκ ( σ( x 720 -------------- = ----------- = ---------------------- (for, curvature κ 0.3BL 2 ----------------- N 10 κ = 1 ρ ( N + 4 Example: For = 1GeV, L = 1m, B = 1T, σ( x = 200µm and N = 10 one obtains: σ( -------------- 0.5% for a sagitta s 3.8cm σ( Important track detector parameter: -------------- (%/GeV 2 30 25 20 15 10 5 σ s = ---- = s 3 --σ ( x 2 N=100 N=10 8 p ----------------- T 0.3BL 2 0 0.95 0.96 0.97 0.98 0.99 1 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 p meas t / GeV The contribution to the momentum error from MS is given by: σ( -------------- MS L' σ MS --------- 13.6 3 10 L' ------------------------z ----- ( s 4 3 pβ X = ----------------- = ------------------------------------------------- 0 s 0.3BL 2 = z ( 8 for β 1 this part is momentum independent! The combined total momentum error is: σ ----- p 2 720 p ------------- -------------------- σx psinθ 2 3 52.3 10 2 = N + 4 0.3BL 2 + -------------------------------- βb LX 0 sinθ + ( cotθσ θ 2 Example for momentum dependence of individual contributions 3 52.3 10 -------------------------------- βb LX 0 sinθ with L' = L sinθ = psinθ L θ total path total θ resolution L hit resolution multiple scattering carsten.niebuhr@desy.de 3 Particle Detectors 2 carsten.niebuhr@desy.de 4 Particle Detectors 2
Until 1970: optical measurements using - bubble chambers - emulsions - spark chambers manual reconstruction can handle only very low data rates First Track Detectors BEBC bubble chamber Criteria for optimal momentum resolution: many measurement points large detector volume very good single point resolution as little multiple scattering as possible Gas Detectors Gas detectors provide a good compromise and are used in most experiments. However: per cm in Argon only ca. 100 electron-ion pairs are produced by ionisation (see next page this has to be compared with the noise of a typical amplifier of 1000 e- a very efficient amplification mechanism is required carsten.niebuhr@desy.de 5 Particle Detectors 2 carsten.niebuhr@desy.de 6 Particle Detectors 2 Gas Primary and Total Ionisation Yield in Gases Density ρ [g/cm 3 ] I 0 [ev] W [ev] n p [cm -1 ] n T [cm -1 ] H 2 8.99 x 10-5 15.4 37 5.2 9.2 He 1.78 x 10-4 24.6 41 5.9 7.8 N 2 1.23 x 10-3 15.5 35 10 56 O 2 1.43 x 10-3 12.2 31 22 73 Ne 9.00 x 10-4 21.6 36 12 39 Ar 1.78 x 10-3 15.8 26 29 94 Kr 3.74 x 10-3 14.0 24 22 192 Xe 5.89 x 10-3 12.1 22 44 307 CO 2 1.98 x 10-3 13.7 33 34 91 CH 4 7.17 x 10-4 13.1 28 16 53 C 4 H 10 2.67 x 10-3 10.8 23 46 195 avg. ionisation pot. / shell elect. average energy loss./ion pair number primary electron-ion pairs total number electron-ion pairs @ STP Total number of produced electron-ion de ------ x E dx pairs: = ------- = ------------- with E = total energy loss in x and W i = average energy loss per produced ion pair: n T 2 7 n p carsten.niebuhr@desy.de 7 Particle Detectors 2 n T primary ion. W i W i secondary ion. For cylindrical geometry: 1 Er ( -- r and r V( r ln-- a the primary electrons drift towards the positive anode due to 1/r dependence the electric field close to very thin wires reaches values of E > kv/cm in between collisions with atoms electrons gain enough energy to ionize further gas molecules exponential increase in number of electron-ion pairs very close (few µm to the wire Gas Amplification carsten.niebuhr@desy.de 8 Particle Detectors 2 + simulated avalanche
First Townsend Coefficient Number of electron-ion pairs created per unit length in the avalanche per electron is given by the first Townsend coefficient α : σ [10 8 b] relation to cross section for ionisation: N A α = σ ion ----------- V Mol number of produced ions: nx ( = n 0 exp( α( E x the gas gain is given by: A ---- n = = exp α ( r dr n 0 with a anode diameter and r c distance to wire where avalanche starts r c a a/p [ion pairs /cm mm Hg] Drift and Diffusion in Gas No electric field (E = 0: thermal diffusion With electric field (E > 0: charge transport and diffusion IONS ELECTRONS example: Argon and E = 100eV: σ = 3x10-16 cm 2 α -1 1µm E [ev] E carsten.niebuhr@desy.de 9 Particle Detectors 2 carsten.niebuhr@desy.de 10 Particle Detectors 2 Avalanche Formation + + - - Signal Shape The signals which are induced on anode and cathode come from the fact that charges move Q in the electric field between the electrodes: dv = ------------ dv ------ dr lcv 0 dr Most of the electron-ion pairs are created very close to the anode wire electrons only move a short distance in the electric field: dr small due to transverse diffusion a droplet like avalanche develops around the anode electrons are collected very fast ( 1 ns mobility of electrons 1000 times larger than for ions the cloud of positive ions remains and slowly drifts towards the cathode picture taken with cloud chamber in contrast the ions move all the way back to the cathode: dr much larger most of the signal is induced by the movement of the ions which takes ralativey long usually the signal has to be electronically differentiated V max carsten.niebuhr@desy.de 11 Particle Detectors 2 carsten.niebuhr@desy.de 12 Particle Detectors 2
Modes of Operation of Gas Detectors Ionisation chamber: complete charge collection, but no charge amplification. Proportional counter: above threshold voltage multiplication starts. Detected signal proportional to original ionization energy measurement (de/dx possible. Secondary avalanches have to be quenched. Gain 10 4-10 5 Region of limited proportionality: or streamer mode: strong photo emission secundary avalanches. Needs efficient quencher or pulsed HV. Gain upto 10 9, hence simple electronics sufficient. Geiger-Müller counter: massive photo emission. Full length of anode wire affected. Stop discharge by HV break down. Strong quenchers needed. Number of electron ion pairs α e - PROPORTIONAL COUNTER Fabio Sauli, CERN Family Tree of Gaseous Detectors MULTIWIRE PROPORTIONAL CHAMBER PARALLEL PLATE COUTER STREAMER TUBES MICROSTRIP CHAMBERS TIME PROJECTION CHAMBER PESTOV COUNTER DRIFT CHAMBERS STRAWS MICROWELL AVALANCHE CHAMBERS CHERENKOV RING IMAGING MICROGAP COMPTEUR A TROUS TRANSITION RADIATION TRACKER RESISTIVE PLATE CHAMBERS GAS ELECTRON MULTIPLIER MICROMEGAS carsten.niebuhr@desy.de 13 Particle Detectors 2 carsten.niebuhr@desy.de 14 Particle Detectors 2 Multi Wire Proportional Chamber Generalize principal of proportional tube to large area detector. Multi Wire Proportional Chamber: MWPC George Charpak 1968 anode wires act as independent detectors capacitive coupling of negative signal from anode wire where avalanche is formed to neighbours is small compared to pulse, which is generated by ions drifting towards cathode furthermore development in electronics: possibility to read many channels in parallel 10 6 tracks per second Breakthrough in detector development MWPC Use of gold plated tungsten wires with diameter 15-30µm as anode wires. Chamber walls made from glas fiber material (rigid, low mass. Thin metal foil acting as cathode (typically d 50µm. Typical dimensions: d = 2mm, L = 4mm. Electrostatic potential in a planar MWPC given by: V( x, y V(x,y q πx ----------- 4 sin ----- 4πε 2 πy + ----- 0 d sinh2 d = ln y d resolution σ = d/ 12 electric field lines L Nobelprize for physics 1992 y x x carsten.niebuhr@desy.de 15 Particle Detectors 2 carsten.niebuhr@desy.de 16 Particle Detectors 2
Principal of a Driftchamber Measure arrival time t 1 of electrons at anode wire relative to reference t 0. external definition of time reference t 0 (here by fast scintillator signal v drift [cm/µs] v drift vs E-Field in various Argon-Mixtures v drift [cm/µs] x-coordinate given by: x = t 1 v D (t t d E-field small E-field large drift region gas gain TDC: Time to Digital Converter t 0 if drift velocity v D constant over full drift distance: x = v D ( t 1 t 0 = v D t advantage of drift chambers: much larger sensitive volume per read out channel reduced E-field: E/p [V/cm mm Hg] strong dependence on the choice of the gas mixture details of the energy dependence of the ionisation cross section (Ramsauer minimum result in a characteristic maximum of the E field dependence. for stable operation it is useful to operate in the maximum: typical drift velocities : v drift 2-10 cm/µs = 20-100 µm/ns dv -------------- drift = 0 de E [V/cm] at 1 atm carsten.niebuhr@desy.de 17 Particle Detectors 2 carsten.niebuhr@desy.de 18 Particle Detectors 2 Examples for Cylindrical Driftchamber Geometries Isochrones & Lorentzangle Isochronen Left-right ambiguity resolved by staggered wires first electrons cell of a "jet"-driftchamber distance to wire plane carsten.niebuhr@desy.de 19 Particle Detectors 2 carsten.niebuhr@desy.de 20 Particle Detectors 2
Intrinsic Position Resolution Driftchambers during Construction The intrinsic position resolution is influenced by three effects: statistics of primary ionisation: point of origin of primary cluster varies by 100µm H1 Central Jet Chamber diffusion of electron cloud during it s drift to anode 1 2Dx - σ = ------ --------- n µe - Lorentz effect limitations in time resolution of whole chain of electronic signal processing - cabel - pulse shaping - definition of time refernce t 0 etc contributions to position resolution 15000 wires total force from wire tension 6 tons carsten.niebuhr@desy.de 21 Particle Detectors 2 carsten.niebuhr@desy.de 22 Particle Detectors 2 Options for Readout of Second Coordinate Time Projection Chamber Crossed Planes ambiguities Segmented Cathodes Q L Charge Divison, z-by-timing Z = +L/2 X Z O r(z = + L/2 α Y A L z 0 resistive wire, analog readout Stereo Wires z Q R In the seventies D.Nygren developed the Time Projection Chamber (TPC. large gas volume with one central electrode minimal amount of material electrons drift in strong electric field over distance of several meters to end walls where they can be registered for example with MWPCs - readout of anode wires and cathode pads x,y - drift time z - unambiguous 3d hit measurements diffusion strongly reduced, since E B electrons spiral around E-field lines: Larmor radius <1µm laser calibration for precise v D determination very good hit resolution and de/dx meas. analog readout Z = L/2 A1 σ z 0.1 mm Φ A 0 long drift times ( 40µs - rate limitation - very good gas quality required carsten.niebuhr@desy.de 23 Particle Detectors 2 carsten.niebuhr@desy.de 24 Particle Detectors 2
Example ALEPH TPC at LEP ALEPH TPC Event achieved resolutions: σrφ = 170 µm 5 m length σz = 740 µm r φ projection y r x carsten.niebuhr@desy.de 25 Par ticle Detectors 2 carsten.niebuhr@desy.de Example ALICE TPC @ LHC z 26 Par ticle Detectors 2 Construction of ALICE Field Cage size: L=5m, R=2.5m, V=88m3 pad size: 4 x 7.5 mm2 # channels: 570.000 gas: Ne-CO2 90:10 gain: 2x104 120kV!! drift voltage: 100kV, 400V/cm start of operation: 2007 carsten.niebuhr@desy.de 27 Par ticle Detectors 2 carsten.niebuhr@desy.de 28 Par ticle Detectors 2
Gating in a TPC A specific problem in a TPC is presented by the ions drifting back to the central electrode. At high rates they disturbe the homogeneity of the electric field in the drift region. Solution by so-called gating : ions are collected on shielding grid only electrons from "interesting" tracks reach the amplification region; others are collected on gating grid this requires use of an external trigger 2.0 1.8 1.6 Gate closed (a Gating grid closed 1.8 (b Gating grid open 1.6 Gate open Aging Effects in Wire Chambers Deposits on anode wires Complex plasma-chemical reactions in the avalanche can lead to polymerisation This can make chambers unusable : inefficiency HV instabilities y (cm 1.4 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.6 + + + gating grid shielding grid anode wires cathode plane gating grid shielding grid anode wires cathode plane 1.8 (b Gating grid open y (cm 1.4 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 x (cm Measures against aging: carefully select materials for whole system highest gas quality - no impurities avoid excessive chamber currents carsten.niebuhr@desy.de 29 Particle Detectors 2 carsten.niebuhr@desy.de 30 Particle Detectors 2 Micro Strip Gas Chambers MSGC Resistive Plate Chambers RPC Advantages charged particle gas [ 3mm] 100µm 80µm 10µm electrons ions x-ray relative gain MWPC MSGC substrate [300µm] 10 3 10 4 10 5 10 6 10 7 rate (mm -2 s -1 very precise and small anode/cathode structures can be produced with lithographical methods very good position resolution high mechanical stability small drift distance for ions high rate capability HV GND Bakelite Bakelite Initial condition after applying high voltage GAS GAP INSULATOR GRAPHITE COATING HIGH RESISTIVITY ELECTRODE ~2mm Surface charging of electrodes by current flow through resistive plates READOUT STRIPS Y robust and simple detector - no wires relatively cheap - well suited for large areas (muon systems fast signal - < 5 ns (trigger good rate capability - few khz/cm 2 After a discharge electrons are deposited on anode and positive ions on cathode carsten.niebuhr@desy.de 31 Particle Detectors 2 carsten.niebuhr@desy.de 32 Particle Detectors 2
Gas Electron Multiplier GEM Main Characteristics of GEM Detectors In the late 90 s developed by F.Sauli at CERN [NIM A386 (1997, 531] typical gain of 10 3 at 500V can stack several stages on top af each other large total gain at relatively moderate HV Rate capability ~ 1 MHz mm -2 Position accuracy (MIPs σ ~ 60 µm Radiation tolerance > 100 mc mm -2 - corresponds to ~ 10 14 MIPs cm -2 triple double Double-Gem DRIFT ED DRIFT single GEM 1 GEM 2 READOUT ET EI TRANSFER INDUCTION carsten.niebuhr@desy.de 33 Particle Detectors 2 carsten.niebuhr@desy.de 34 Particle Detectors 2 Detector R&D: GEM Readout for TPC at ILC Narrow pad response function: s ~ 1 mm Fast signals (no ion tail: t ~ 20 ns Very good multi-track resolution: V ~ 1 mm 3 - Standard MWPC TPC ~ 1 cm 3 Ion feedback suppression: I+/I- ~ 0.1% Comparison of various Trackdetectors Detector type Positionresol. Deadtime Electron. Advantage Problems [µm] [ms] readout GEM TPC carsten.niebuhr@desy.de 35 Particle Detectors 2 carsten.niebuhr@desy.de 36 Particle Detectors 2