Cosmic muon detector using proportional chambers

A Cosmic Ray Measurement Facility for ATLAS Muon Chambers

Monitored Drift Tube (MDT) chambers will constitute the large majority of precision detectors in the Muon Spectrometer of the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. For commissioning and calibration of MDT chambers, a Cosmic Ray Measurement Facility is in operation at Munich University. The objectives of this facility are to test the chambers and on-chamber electronics, to map t...

Drift and Proportional Tracking Chambers

Cosmic Ray Muon Physics

We present a review of atmospheric and underground muon flux measurements. The relevance of these data for the atmospheric neutrino flux computation is emphasized. Possible sources of systematic errors in the measurements are discussed, focusing on the sea level muon data. Underground muon data are also reported.

Cosmic Ray Muon Detection

Multiwire proportional chambers in the HERMESexperimentA

The multiwire proportional chambers of the HERMES spectrometer are described. The chambers are located in the spectrometer magnet gap which imposed strong constraints on their design. Non-ammable gas mixture of Ar(65%), CO 2 (30%) and CF 4 (5%) is successfully used with an eeciency plateau 500V wide. The readout is performed by means of the recently developed LeCroy PCOS4 acquisition system upg...