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Heritage collection CERN-OBJ-CERN-OBJ-DE-094 · Item · 2006
Part of Heritage Collection Test

The ATLAS transition radiation tracker is made of 300'000 straw tubes, up to 144cm long. Filled with a gas mixture and threaded with a wire, each straw is a complete mini-detector in its own right. An electric field is applied between the wire and the outside wall of the straw. As particles pass through, they collide with atoms in the gas, knocking out electrons. The avalanche of electrons is detected as an electrical signal on the wire in the centre. The tracker plays two important roles. Firstly, it makes more position measurements, giving more dots for the computers to join up to recreate the particle tracks. Also, together with the ATLAS calorimeters, it distinguishes between different types of particles depending on whether they emit radiation as they make the transition from the surrounding foil into the straws.

Heritage collection CERN-OBJ-CERN-OBJ-DE-074 · Item · 2006
Part of Heritage Collection Test

The ATLAS transition radiation tracker is made of 300'000 straw tubes, up to 144cm long. Filled with a gas mixture and threaded with a wire, each straw is a complete mini-detector in its own right. An electric field is applied between the wire and the outside wall of the straw. As particles pass through, they collide with atoms in the gas, knocking out electrons. The avalanche of electrons is detected as an electrical signal on the wire in the centre. The tracker plays two important roles. Firstly, it makes more position measurements, giving more dots for the computers to join up to recreate the particle tracks. Also, together with the ATLAS calorimeters, it distinguishes between different types of particles depending on whether they emit radiation as they make the transition from the surrounding foil into the straws.

Heritage collection CERN-OBJ-CERN-OBJ-DE-122 · Item
Part of Heritage Collection Test

The ATLAS transition radiation tracker is made of 300'000 straw tubes, up to 144cm long. Filled with a gas mixture and threaded with a wire, each straw is a complete mini-detector in its own right. An electric field is applied between the wire and the outside wall of the straw. As particles pass through, they collide with atoms in the gas, knocking out electrons. The avalanche of electrons is detected as an electrical signal on the wire in the centre. The tracker plays two important roles. Firstly, it makes more position measurements, giving more dots for the computers to join up to recreate the particle tracks. Also, together with the ATLAS calorimeters, it distinguishes between different types of particles depending on whether they emit radiation as they make the transition from the surrounding foil into the straws.

attenuator
Heritage collection CERN-OBJ-CERN-OBJ-CE-002 · Item
Part of Heritage Collection Test

Rhodes Schwarz variable attenuator.Controls the strength of the current produced.

attenuator
Heritage collection CERN-OBJ--CERN-OBJ-CE-002 · Item
Part of Heritage Collection Test

Rhodes Schwarz variable attenuator.Controls the strength of the current produced.

attenuator
Heritage collection CERN-OBJ-CERN-OBJ-CE-002 · Item
Part of Heritage Collection Test

Rhodes Schwarz variable attenuator.Controls the strength of the current produced.

Audio recordings of meetings
CERN-ARCH CERN-ARCH-AUDIO · Series · 1956-03-01

This collection contains recordings of Council, Committee of Council, Finance Committee, Scientific Policy Committee, European Committee for Future Accelerators, Standing Consultation Committee, Finance Committee Working Group meetings... recorded on tapes and cassettes between March 1956 to present.

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