2003/08/26 by S. Horvat, O. Kortner, Horvat, S. +9
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #FOS: Physical sciences #Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det) #Muon and positron interactions and applications #Neutrino Physics Research #physics.ins-det
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.physics/0308096
3 pages, 2 eps figures, Proceedings for poster at Physics in Collisions Conference (PIC03), Zeuthen, Germany, June 2003. FRAP13
arxiv created 2003/08/26 · openalex publication_date 2003/08/26 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
ATLAS is a detector under construction to explore the physics at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. It has a muon spectrometer with an excellent momentum resolution of 3-10%, provided by three layers of precision monitored-drift-tube chambers in a toroidal magnetic field. A single drift tube measures a track point with a mean resolution close to 100 micron, even at the expected high neutron and gamma background rates. The tubes are positioned within the chamber with an accuracy of 20 microns, achieved by elaborate construction and assembly monitoring procedures.