22–26 May 2017
Temple University - Philadelphia
US/Eastern timezone

R&D and related Simulation Studies for the sPHENIX Time Projection Chamber

25 May 2017, 15:18
4m
Morgan Hall D301 (Temple University - Philadelphia)

Morgan Hall D301

Temple University - Philadelphia

Morgan Hall, 1398 Cecil B. Moore Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA

Speaker

Prakhar Garg

Description

The proposed sPHENIX detector design is focused mainly on a physics program of precise upsilon spectroscopy and jet measurements, which require a high tracking efficiency and excellent momentum resolution. A time projection chamber (TPC) is proposed as the outer tracking detector for sPHENIX, which has a rapidity coverage of |η|<1.1 and full azimuthal coverage. The sPHENIX TPC design has to be optimized for operation in the high rate, high charged particle multiplicity environment that is anticipated at RHIC in 2022. In this poster, we show the results of R&D, its related simulations and describe the ongoing efforts to optimize the design of the sPHENIX TPC.

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