The Region 2 Drift Chambers of the CEBAF Large Acceptance
Spectrometer (CLAS)
Overview
The experimental
Nuclear Physics group at Old
Dominion University
has built, in collaboration with
Jefferson Lab (formerly CEBAF), six large drift
chambers installed in the Region 2 (between the coils) of
CLAS. Each of these drift
chambers (called "Sectors") consist out of 2 curved endplates, 4 m long
times 0.5 m wide,
with 8300 wires strung between these endplates in a hexagonal
pattern. The Region 2 Drift Chambers were among the first particle
detectors to
be installed in CLAS, and constitute the largest detector project of a
single University group in Hall B.
and project status
Introduction
Prototypes
Construction
Wire tension measurements
Personnel at ODU
Link
to the ODU Experimental Nuclear Physics Group
Author of this WWW page:
Sebastian Kuhn
Email address: "skuhn@odu.edu"