A high-pressure gas-ionization tube calorimeter for forward detectors

A calorimeter design based on high-pressure gas-ionization tubes arranged nearly parallel to the incident particle direction is described. Energy, time, and position resolutions of such a calorimeter, as well as its radiation hardness and electronic noise, are discussed. Resulting characteristics meet the needs of the forward calorimetry for SSC and LHC collider experiments, and seem promising for application in other, more central parts of these experiments.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/30606/3/0000243.pd