Operation of the ATLAS Transition Radiation Tracker under very high irradiation at the CERN LHC

T P A Åkesson ,A Nadtochy,T Shin,P Farthouat,N Dressnandt,L Koudine,V Soutchkov,Z Hajduk,F Luehring,B Lundberg,V Bytchkov,R Van Berg,A Laritchev,L Vassilieva,E Spiridenkov,A Khristatchev,R Petti,P Gagnon,S Patritchev,A Munar,V Mialkovski,C Driouichi,F Kayumov,S Baron,S Muraviev,Y Grichkevitch,P Cwetanski,P Lichard,B A Dolgoshein ,P T Keener ,Laia Cardiel-Sas ,K W Mcfarlane ,D M Seliverstov ,H O Danielsson ,S H Oh ,G D Kekelidze ,S Yu Smirnov ,F M Newcomer ,Y F Ryabov ,E Arık ,S A Çetin ,D Benjamin ,A Catinaccio ,F Dittus ,K Krüger ,M D M Capeans Garrido ,P Eerola ,P H Hansen ,Keith Baker ,J Callahan ,J Olszowska ,B Mindur ,В Г Бондаренко ,V D Peshekhonov ,V A Schegelsky ,V O Tikhomirov ,V P Maleev ,V Sosnovtsev ,C Rembser ,C Wang ,D Froidevaux ,H Ogren ,O L Fedin ,O Røhne ,H Bertelsen ,M Dam ,Michael Price ,S Konovalov ,S Kovalenko ,S V Morozov ,Stephen Passmore ,T Z Kowalski ,Н Григалашвили ,С.б Олешко ,V A Mitsou ,A Romaniouk ,V A Kramarenko ,A Shmeleva ,V I Vassilakopoulos ,H H Williams ,D R Rust ,W L Ebenstein ,A Zalite

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2004.01.013

Abstract

The ATLAS Transition Radiation Tracker (TRT) performance depends critically on the choice of the active gas and on its properties. The most important operational aspects, which have led to the final choice of the active gas for the operation of the TRT at the LHC design luminosity, are presented. The TRT performance expected at these conditions is reviewed, including pile-up effects at high luminosity.

Full Text