Ageing in the LHCb outer tracker: Phenomenon, culprit and effect of oxygen

Authors
  • S. Bachmann
  • Y. Bagaturia
  • M. Blom
  • L. Ceelie
  • D. van Eijk
  • C. Färber
  • T. Haas
  • I. Mous
  • A. Nawrot
  • A. Pellegrino
  • O. van Petten
  • E. Simioni
  • B. Storaci
  • M. Szczekowski
  • N. Tuning
  • U. Uwer
  • D. Wiedner
Publication date 2010
Journal Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A - Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume | Issue number 617 | 1-3
Pages (from-to) 202-205
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Institute of Physics (IoP) - Institute for High Energy Physics (IHEF)
Abstract
The LHCb Outer Tracker (OT) detector has shown to suffer from gain loss after irradiation in the laboratory at moderate intensities. Under irradiation an insulating layer is formed on the anode wire. The ageing is caused by contamination of the counting gas due to outgassing of the glue used in construction namely araldite AY103-1. The gain loss is concentrated upstream the gas flow, and at moderate irradiation intensity only. The ageing rate is reduced by longterm flushing and by the addition of a few percent of O2 to the gas mixture. Furthermore, applying a large positive high voltage (beyond the amplification regime) removes the insulating deposits without damaging the wire surface. This paper presents both the characteristics of the ageing phenomenon and the beneficial treatments.
Document type Article
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2009.10.049
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