Measurements of ion mobility in argon and neon based gas mixtures

As gaseous detectors are operated at high rates of primary ionisation, ions created in the detector have a considerable impact on the performance of the detector. The upgraded ALICE Time Projection Chamber (TPC) will operate during LHC Run$\,3$ with a substantial space charge density of positive ion...

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Autores principales: Deisting, Alexander, Garabatos, Chilo, Szabo, Alexander, Vranic, Danilo
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2016.06.093
http://cds.cern.ch/record/2141661
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Sumario:As gaseous detectors are operated at high rates of primary ionisation, ions created in the detector have a considerable impact on the performance of the detector. The upgraded ALICE Time Projection Chamber (TPC) will operate during LHC Run$\,3$ with a substantial space charge density of positive ions in the drift volume. In order to properly simulate such space charges, knowledge of the ion mobility $K$ is necessary. To this end, a small gaseous detector was constructed and the ion mobility of various gas mixtures was measured. To validate the corresponding signal analysis, simulations were performed. Results are shown for several argon and neon based mixtures with different $\textrm{CO}_2$ fractions. A decrease of $K$ was measured for increasing water content.