Drift-Defining Hardware: E-Fields and Gas

Field Cage, Anode Planes, Gas Properties and other issues;

a summary with specifications and dimensions

Pad Plane

Figures, pad and Pad-row ID's, anode-wire/row association,

dimensions and area

Signals and Couplings

Charge division between pad rows and other issues

Wire and MWC Information

Anode-wire terminations and connections to HV and MWC;

MWC instrumentation, readout and conventions

Studies of Several Wire and Pad Configurations for the STAR TPC

Thesis studies to define the optimal configuration for the TPC readout

by Wayne Betts

See also STAR Note 0263

Electronics

FEE and MWC cards; readout boards; calibration pulsers.

TPC Distortions

Distortions in a non-uniform magnetic field

by Igor Perevoztchikov