The CDF forward muon system

doi:10.1016/0168-9002(88)90592-X

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volume 268, Issue 1, 10 May 1988, Pages 46-49

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The general properties of the toroids, drift chambers and trigger counters in the CDF forward muon (FMU) system are discussed. The operation of the PSL time-to-digital converter and the UW HOPU (Half Octant Pattern Unit) module is also described. The forward muon level 1 trigger is presented.

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⁺: This work was supported by the US Department of Energy Contract no. DE-AC02-76ER00881.

^∗: Present address: University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

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The CDF forward muon system

Abstract

Nucl. Instr. and Meth.