CONSIDERATIONS FORTHEDESIGNOFA TIME PROJECTION LIQUIDARGONIONIZATION CHAMBER
E. Gatti, G. Padovini, L. Quartapellet · 1979
Basicconceptsofelectrode geometryandsignal processing fora timeprojection liquidargonionizationchamberareintroduced.Thedesigncriteriaofa systemofsensingelectrodes arediscussed.Thesignalsinducedbyrectilinear particletracksonthe sensingelectrodes arecalculated bymeansofa detailedstudyofpossibleelectricfieldconfigurations. Suitable signalprocessing filtersaredesignedin ordertoachievenearlyequalpositionresolution in thethreespacecoordinates. Theelectronic noiselimitsthepositionresolution ofa singletracktoa few tenthsofa millimeter andthecapability toresolve andmeasurecloselyspacedmultipletrackstoa few millimeters. CONTENTS ListofSymbols