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Re: New prototype + wiring test
Hi Gerard,
Thanks, the straws in the new prototype are 30~cm long.
Cheers,
Yves
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On Wed, 17 Dec 2008, Gerard Visser wrote:
> Hi Yves,
> Congratulations - these are beautiful results! You guys have been
> working very hard I see. I hope that the 4.5 inch wiring can be held for the
> full detector, this will be excellent if it can be so.
> What is the length of the straws in the little prototype?
>
> Gerard
>
> Yves Van Haarlem wrote:
>> Dear Collegues,
>>
>> Today we saw signals coming of the new prototype for the first time!
>> Pictures of the current setup can be viewed on:
>>
>> http://www.jlab.org/Hall-D/software/wiki/index.php/Pictures_of_the_prototype
>>
>>
>>
>> Traces of the signals (cosmic ray and Fe-55 induced):
>>
>> http://www.jlab.org/Hall-D/software/wiki/index.php/First_signals
>>
>> I think that they look very nice. A lot more tests are forseen in 2009.
>>
>>
>>
>> Gary finished the prototype to do the wiring tests:
>>
>> http://www.jlab.org/Hall-D/software/wiki/index.php/Wiring_test
>>
>>
>> At the moment it looks much better than the wiring of the prototype. We of
>> course plan to extend the plates in order to simulate going in with your
>> arms to connect the wires. Next thing we plan after that is testing Slava's
>> approach. The distance between the plates is 4 inches, the longest wire is
>> 4.5 inches.
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Yves
>