SLIDE 45 1 m2 Micromegas Chamber (L1)
connector 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
readout area gas in gas out z y x
APV7 S APV6 M APV4 M APV8 M APV10 M APV5 S APV9 S APV11 S
102cm 92cm
readout side
readout electronics
APV3 S APV2 M APV1 S APV0 M APV12 M APV13 S APV14 M APV15 S
active area
16 APV 10 scintillator segments
scintillator
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
5.9"
resistive strip technology active area: 0.92 × 1.02 m2 two readout boards with in total 2048 strips pitch: 0.45 mm Ar:CO2 93:7 vol% @ atmospheric pressure 16 APV25 front-end boards 57.6 mm wide (y - coordinate) 10 scintillator segments 100 mm wide (x - coordinate) = ⇒ subdivision of detector in 16 APV × 10 scintillators = 160 partitions
= ⇒ calibration and alignment for each of the 160 partitions
Philipp L¨
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