Application of micro-pattern gas detectors in the present and future experiments in Budker INP

Abstract

Micro-pattern gas technology is planned for the upgrade of the tracking system of the CMD-3 detector at the VEPP-2000 electron-positron collider in Budker INP. The upgrade includes a new cylinder tracking and trigger detector that consists of two tracking layers at a radius of 32 to 33 cm with coordinate resolution close to 0.1 mm in Z (along the beam axis) and trigger segments of about 1 cm in phi. Another new coordinate subsystem includes two end-cap discs with active area between radius of 50 mm and 250 mm, that provides spatial resolution in R and in phi close to 1 mm as well as trigger signal from the phi segments. For these two subsystems we plan to use micro-RWELL technology because it allows much simpler assembling of large cylindrical detector and large discs due to more rigid glass-fiber support as compared to the triple GEM technology. The new cylindrical detector and end-cap discs of the CMD-3 are considered as a prototypes of the Inner Tracker of the detector for the future Super C-Tau Factory (SCTF) at Budker INP. The SCTF is an electron-positron collider for the energy range of 3-7 GeV in the center of mass system that will provide luminosity of 1035 cm−2s−1. Coordinate system of the detector for the SCTF will include among other systems, the Inner Tracker and the end-cap discs. The Inner Tracker will be 60 cm long and occupy radius up to 20 cm, while the end-cap discs will have radius up to 180 cm and will have to provide trigger signal. For the end-cap discs the MPGD option is considered based either on the triple-GEM or on the micro-RWELL, while for the Inner Tracker three main options are competing: compact Time Projection Chamber, silicon micro-strip tracker and cylindrical MPGD tracker. The first results of simulations with all these options are presented with preliminary discussion about the choice of the option.