19.1.2006, GSI Darmstadt Martin Winkler, GSI

DIRACsecondary Beams

Annual report on

Large-area beam tracking detectors for fast extracted beams

Task 8 – NUSTAR 3

Participants: Comenius University, Bratislava (leading)

GSI, Darmstadt

Task leader: Brano Sitar (CUB)

19.1.2006, GSI Darmstadt Martin Winkler, GSI

Design, Design, production and testing of a low pressure gas systemproduction and testing of a low pressure gas system

Design and production of a prototyp of a proportional beam Design and production of a prototyp of a proportional beam

chamber BC with delay linechamber BC with delay line

Design and production of Design and production of new electronics for the BC chambersnew electronics for the BC chambers

Main activities and results Main activities and results ooff NUSTAR NUSTAR 3 3 in 2005in 2005

In time with Implementation plan of Task 8 - NUSTAR 3

19.1.2006, GSI Darmstadt Martin Winkler, GSI

Front panel of the control systemScheme of low pressure gas system

Low pressure gas system

Gas system was built and tested (at the FRS) Tests showed high precision and reliability

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New generation of a Time Proportional Chamber (TPC) for ion tracking

• TPC with new designed C-pad read out was designed

• New TPC is providing two point on the track in each dimension

• High precision integrated delay lines were used

TPC Field cage with 12 x 24 cm sensitive area

TPC View

Calibration tool for TPC

19.1.2006, GSI Darmstadt Martin Winkler, GSI

New integrated electronics for TPC and BC chambers

New integrated electronics was designed and produced

New electronics for readout of 128 channels of BC chambers was obtained

Test bench for delay lines

Integrated electronic moduleReadout for 128 channels

of the BC chambers

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Work Plan and Financial Status

In time with Implementation plan of Task 8 - NUSTAR 3

• Personal spent CUB: 20 MM out of 90 MM (no EU request)

GSI: 4 MM out of 6 MM (no EU request)

• Capital investment CUB: 10 k€ out of 66 k€

GSI: no contribution, no EU request

• 1 coordination meeting

• Delivery and Test Experiment with BC prototype in 2006 foreseen