5th International Conference on Micro-Pattern Gas Detectors (MPGD2017)

Status of the BONuS12 Radial Time Projection Chamber

25 May 2017, 15:50

20m

Morgan Hall D301 (Temple University - Philadelphia)

Oral presentation Related detector technologies (e.g. RPC's and TPC's) - 2 (Chair: Bernd Surrow)

Speaker

Gabriel Charles (Old Dominion University)

Description

Part of the experimental program in Hall B of the Jefferson Lab,
Virginia, USA is dedicated to studying neutron structure functions
using deep inelastic scattering on nuclei. For this purpose, the
BONuS12 experiment will detect low momentum recoil protons in
coincidence with scattered electrons. The protons will be detected
by a second-generation Radial Time Projection Chamber (RTPC)
using triple GEM foils for amplification while the scattered electrons
will be detected by the CLAS12 spectrometer installed in Hall B. I
will present the status of the BONuS12 RTPC detector that will take
data within the next 2 years. I will detail the main improvements made
from the previous BONuS RTPC as well as the hardware and simulation
developments currently ongoing.

Presentation materials

2017-05-25_MPGD_169.pdf