The STAR TPC at RHIC

by Howard Wieman (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab.)

Friday 23 Mar 2001, 11:00 → 12:00 Europe/Zurich

13-2-05 (CERN)

The STAR TPC follows the conventional cylindrical design for a collider detector. The TPC, 4.2 m long and 4 m in diameter, is the primary tracking device for STAR at RHIC. The detector had a very successful run with the first RHIC Au + Au collisions at ÷_sNN = 130 GeV. It could easily measure central collisions with over 1000 tracks. The TPC''s design and performance will be reported, as well as its dE/dx, momentum, position, and two-track resolution. Calibrations and corrections will be discussed, as well as examples of particle identification and resonant mass resolution.

Organiser(s): Ariella Cattai