Resitive Plate Chamber Test Stand and Read Out System For the PHENIX RPC Forward Upgrade

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Abstract

The PHENIX experiment, using the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at BNL, uses polarized proton-proton collisions to study the origin of the proton spin. In order to facilitate this, the forward muon arms are being upgraded in order to provide a first level trigger for high pT muons resulting from W-boson interactions. The new trigger will be based on Resistive Plate Chambers to provide a fast trigger to reject low momentum muons. A test stand at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has been set up to study the behavior of a small RPC. The setup used for the research contains drift chambers, scintillators, and a multitude of electronics for data acquisition. This allows for the tracking of cosmic rays through the RPC to study details of the behavior of the RPC. The test setup and goals of the research will be presented, with special attention given to the read out system and the pre-amps for the data acquisition.

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Authors

  • Dana Dunn

    University of Texas at Arlington, Peoples Friendship University of the Russia, TSAAPT Officer, University of Texas at El Paso, Department of Chemistry, Stephen F. Austin University, Department of Physics, Stephen F. Austin University, Highland Park High School, Dallas, Texas, Lamar High School, Arlington, Texas, Angelo State University, Abilene Christian University, Southern Nazarene University, Texas Tech University, Sam Houston State University, University of Texas at Austin, Cornell University, University of Houston, University of Texas Center for Relativity, Ion Beam Modification and Analysis Laboratory (IBMAL), University of North Texas, University of North Texas, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, NanoTech Institute, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75083, Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019, Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, 76019, UTA High Energy Physics Group, Univ. of Texas, Arlington, USA, KAERI Korea, Changwon National Univ., Korea, Rutgers University, Iowa State University, Rigaku/MSC, Texas Christian University, Dept. of Physics, Changwon National University, Department of Physics, University of North Texas, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Research Center, Philip Morris USA, Harrington Department Bioengineering Arizona State University, Universidad Autonoma de Colima, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Department of Physics, University of Texas, Arlington, Chair, Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington, Dean of Science, University of Texas at Arlington, President, University of Texas at Arlington, Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, Department of Physics, Texas A\&M University, NanoFAB Center and Electrical Engineering Department, University of Texas at Arlington, University of Texas at San Antonio, SEMATECH, University of Texas at Dallas, CINVESTAV Queretaro, Mexico and University of Texas at Dallas, Texas A\&M University, Departamento de F\'isica, FCEN, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Department of Physics, UT Austin, Physics Department, The University of Texas at Arlington, Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington, Tolar High School, Granbury High School