A straw drift chamber spectrometer for studies of rare kaon decays
K. Lang, D. Ambrose, C. Arroyo, M. Bachman, D. Connor, M. Eckhause, K. M. Ecklund, S. Graessle, M. Hamela, S. Hamilton, A. D. Hancock, K. Hartman, M. Hebert, C. H. Hoff, G. W. Hoffmann, G. M. Irwin, J. R. Kane, N. Kanematsu, Y. Kuang, R. Lee, M. Marcin, R. D. Martin, J. McDonough, A. Milder, W. R. Molzon, D. Ouimette, M. Pommot-Maia, M. Proga, P. J. Riley, J. L. Ritchie, P. D. Rubin, V. I. Vassilakopoulos, B. Ware, R. E. Welsh, S. G. Wojcicki, S. Worm
Abstract
We describe the design, construction, readout, tests, and performance of planar drift chambers, based on 5 mm diameter copperized Mylar and Kapton straws, used in an experimental search for rare kaon decays. The experiment took place in the high-intensity neutral beam at the Alternating Gradient Synchrotron of Brookhaven National Laboratory, using a neutral beam stop, two analyzing dipoles, and redundant particle identification to remove backgrounds.
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