Outgassing studies of materials for the TRT construction

Systematic outgassing studies of 7 materials and 10 glues candidates to be used in the construction of the TRT are persented. Each sample has been tested before and after irradiation up to 50 Mrad dose. Some results on tests of the electrical and mechanical properties of the materals are also presented

An X-ray scanner for wire chambers

A study was performed on an x-ray scanner for wire chambers. The techniques to measure the position of sense wires and field wires, the gas gain and the gas flow rate inside the wire chambers using a collimated and filtered x-ray beam were also reported. The gain measurement provided important information on the uniformity of the electric field configuration

An X-ray scanner for wire chambers

The techniques to measure the position of sense wires and field wires, the gas gain and the gas flow rate inside wire chambers using a collimated and filtered X-ray beam are reported. Specific examples are given using barrel modules of the Transition Radiation Tracker of the ATLAS experiment

Particle Identification using the Time-over-Threshold Method in the ATLAS Transition Radiation Tracker

Test-beam studies of the ATLAS Transition Radiation Tracker (TRT) straw tube performance in terms of electron-pion separation using a time-over-threshold method are described. The test-beam data are compared with Monte Carlo simulations of charged particles passing through the straw tubes of the TRT. For energies below 10\,GeV, the time-over-threshold method combined with the standard transition-radiation cluster-counting technique significantly improves the electron-pion separation in the TRT. The use of the time-over-threshold information also provides some kaon-pion separation, thereby significantly enhancing the B-physics capabilities of the ATLAS detector

ATLAS Transition Radiation Tracker test-beam results

Several prototypes of the Transition Radiation Tracker for the ATLAS experiment at the LHC have been built and tested at the CERN SPS accelerator. Results from detailed studies of the straw-tube hit registration efficiency and drift-time measurements and of the pion and electron spectra without and with radiators are presented. (10 refs)

Status of design and construction of the transition radiation tracker (TRT) for the ATLAS experiment at the LHC

The ATLAS Inner Detector consists of three sub-systems, the pixel detector at the innermost radius, the semiconductor tracker at intermediate radii, and the transition radiation tracker (TRT) at the outermost radius in front of the electromagnetic calorimeter. The TRT provides a combination of continuous tracking with many projective measurements based on individual drift-tubes (or straws) and of electron identification based on radiator fibres or foils interleaved between the straws themselves. This paper describes the current status of design and construction of the various components of the TRT: the assembly of the barrel modules has recently been completed, that of the end-cap wheels is well underway, and the on-detector front-end electronics is in production. The detector modules and front-end electronics boards will be integrated together over the next year, the barrel and end-cap TRT parts will be assembled and tested with their SCT counterparts during 2005 and installation and commissioning in the ATLAS pit will take place at the end of 2005 and the beginning of 2006. (8 refs)

Operation of the ATLAS Transition Radiation Tracker under very high irradiation at the CERN LHC

The ATLAS Transition Radiation Tracker (TRT) performance depends critically on the choice of the active gas and on its properties. The most important operational aspects, which have led to the final choice of the active gas for the operation of the TRT at the LHC design luminosity, are presented. The TRT performance expected at these conditions is reviewed, including pile-up effects at high luminosity. (9 refs)