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Conditioning of MWPCs for the LHCb Muon System

Conditioning of MWPCs for the LHCb Muon System. Katharina Mair for J.-S. Graulich, H.-J. Hilke, A. Kachtchouk, K. Mair, B. Schmidt, T. Schneider LHCb Muon CERN, Switzerland. Contents: MWPCs in the LHCb Muon System MWPC Conditioning Conclusion. Muon Detectors. Calorimeters. Tracker.

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Conditioning of MWPCs for the LHCb Muon System

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  1. Conditioning of MWPCs for the LHCb Muon System Katharina Mair for J.-S. Graulich, H.-J. Hilke, A. Kachtchouk, K. Mair, B. Schmidt, T. Schneider LHCb Muon CERN, Switzerland • Contents: • MWPCs in the LHCb Muon System • MWPC Conditioning • Conclusion

  2. Muon Detectors Calorimeters Tracker RICH-2 Iron Filters Magnet RICH-1 Vertex Locator 5 Muon Stations Chamber Dimension MWPCs in the LHCb Muon System • Multi Wire Proportional Chambers (MWPCs): • Fast muon triggering • Muon identification • 5 Muon Stations, 4 Regions / Station • 20 different chamber sizes • 1368 chambers LHCb Muon CERN

  3. MWPC Sandwich MWPC Design 4-gap MWPC gap size: 5 mm (wire plane centered) gas mixture: Ar/CO2/CF4 (40:55:5) wire: Gold-plated Tungsten, 30 μm Ø, 250 to 310 mm wire length wire spacing: 2 mm, mechanical tension: 65 gr HV = 2.650 kV field on wires: 262 kV/cm field on cathodes 6.2 kV/cm gas gain: G ≈ 50 000 gain uniformity: ≤ 30% • panel production: • PCB coated by 35 μm copper, 5 μm nickel, 0.2 μm gold • foam injected between 2 PCBs in mould LHCb Muon CERN

  4. time resolution MWPC Requirements • fully efficient and robust level-0 high pt muon trigger: • 5-fold coincidence of at least 1 hit within 20ns in each station • high efficiency and time resolution: • high efficiency (>99%) per station requires a time resolution of ~4ns • achieved by use of 2-fold OR (double-gaps) • high rate capability: • up to 0.2 MHz/cm2for inner chambers at a luminosity of L = 5 x 1032cm-1s • ageing resistance over 10 years: • the accumulated charge < 1C/cm • spatial resolution: • we require a pt resolution < 20%, therefore we need a spatial resolution in the order of 1 cm in bending plane (6-30 mm) LHCb Muon CERN

  5. impurities on wire Chamber Conditioning • Motivation for Conditioning: • by stepwise applying positive HV on anode wire for the first time, we have difficulties to reach operating point within safe current region < 50 nA • we assume impurities on the anode wire and on the flat cathode surface responsible for self-sustaining discharge under positive HV • Conditioning Procedure: • Step 1: Inversed HV-Conditioning: negative HV up to -2300 V at anode wire • Step 2: Normal HV-Conditioning: positive HV up to +2900 V at anode wire General rule: In order not to damage any surfaces (wire and cathode) high currents must be avoided ! (nominal dark current: ~ 3 nA) • Cleaning Effects due to: • positive ion bombardment on cathode • negative ion and electron bombardment on anode • Results: • surfaces smoothened • current reduction LHCb Muon CERN

  6. time 10 min result: current reduction Step 1:Negative HV Conditioning • Procedure: • applying negative HV to wire • stepwise increasing HV up to -2300 V • Effect: • possibly electron emission from metallic tips on wire surface • positive ion bombardment on wire surface → E-field reduction due to wire surface smoothening • Advantage: • safe procedure: weak avalanche effect at this HV range ( at -2300 V: gas gain ~100) • Results: • at each HV step: fast current reduction (10 μA->100 nA) within 10 minutes • mean conditioning time at -2300 V: 45 hours • after this: positive HV = 2900 V is quickly reached (within 15 minutes) with a dark current level of 3 nA LHCb Muon CERN

  7. 8 gaps SOURCE=ON SOURCE=OFF time Step2: Positive HV Conditioning • Motivation: High Rate Capability of chambers is tested at GIF • all chambers of inner regions (highest particle flux up to 0.2 MHz/cm2) are exposed to high gamma radiation at the Gamma Irradiation Facility (GIF) at CERN for testing. • 137Cs source (photons 660 keV) similar to LHC background radiation • Outcome: • in ~ 20% of all tested gaps Malter-like emission detected • Malter effect: Thin Film Field Emission(L. Malter, Phys. Rev. 50, 1936) • thin insulator film on cathode surfaces charged up by GIF irradiation • high electric field starts e--emission (from: J. Va’vra, NIM A367, 1995) LHCb Muon CERN

  8. Time const = 5 hours • Chemistry: • cathode panel production: mould release agent ACMOIL36-4600 contains long C-chains (Isoalcine C9-C12) with silicone (5-10%) → indication for a remaining insulating film on surface • panels are cleaned by hand (Isopropyl alcohol, 4-Methyl-Pentanol, n-Hexane, demineralized water), problematic region for dirt: between cathode pads • Treatment at GIF: • positive HV applied in steps of 50-100 V for the range of 2.2 kV – 2.75 kV • high gamma ray irradiation leads to charge up of insulator spots → e--emission → positive ions • F-radicals are created due to 5% CF4 in gas mixture • remove Si by creating SiF4 molecules, that are volatile and will be removed by gas flux • Results: • exponential current reduction • conditioning time: 0.5 – 70 hours • Draw Back: • molecular bonds may recover when irradiation or HV removed → currents return, but decay is faster LHCb Muon CERN

  9. 1.000 1 0.900 I/I_initial I/I_initial 0.800 0.8 0.700 0.600 0.6 0.500 0.4 0.400 0.300 0.2 0.200 0.100 0 0.000 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 time [h] time [h] 0 20 40 60 80 current [nA] current [nA] same chamber 10 min 10 min time time • Test with 5% CF4: • gas mixture: Ar/CO2/CF4(40:55:5); HV=2.75 kV • current reduction faster • remaining current level excellent [~2 nA] • no HV trips • Test without CF4: • gas mixture: Ar/CO2(40:60); HV=2.75 kV • current reduction slow • remaining current level still too high [μA] • HV trips observed LHCb Muon CERN

  10. R Anode (Gold-plated Tungsten wires) Electrons I1(t) +HV E0 Positive ions Electron emission Thin film between cathode pads EActual=E0+EFilm Cathode pad (Gold-coated Copper foil) y= =x • Emission Physics: • first attempts to combine Malter-effect with field emission (Fowler-Nordheim) can be found in literature (A. Boyarski, NIM A535, 2004) • For our MWPCs: high currents most probably due to 2 effects: • electron emission from metallic tips on surfaces • thin film field emission → most likely from area between cathode pads • For our measurements: • measure I, V • include gas gain G(V) depending on V • approximation: ß… field enhancement factor E… electric field in [V/m] for a gold-coated wire → field factor ß*estimated from the slope LHCb Muon CERN

  11. logarithmic scale: The original I(V) relation 5000 4500 4000 current [nA] 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 2500 2550 2600 2650 2700 2750 2800 HV (V) log(I / V2) [nA / V] I / V2 M3R2#04 (Gap2) 1/V [V-1] • Measurments: • repeated measurements on the same chamber show rotation of straight lines with increasing slopes • Result: • E-field decreasing → surface cleaned • conditioning time: up to 500 hours (20 days) LHCb Muon CERN

  12. Summary • MWPC Conditioning in 2 steps: • Step1: negative HV on wire • apply negative HV up to 2300 V • check current at positive HV=2900 V: • If I < 3 nA → Step 2 • If I > 3 nA → repeat Step1 • Step 2: positive HV on wire under High Gamma Ray Irradiation • stepwise increase positive HV on wire for the range of 2.2 kV – 2.75 kV • at each step of 50-100 V switch source off to check current: • If I < 10 μA → increase HV • If I > 10 μA → repeat irradiation at same HV LHCb Muon CERN

  13. Conclusion • Achieved excellent conditioning result by applying 2 steps: • Inversed HV Conditioning • Normal HV Conditioning under High Gamma Ray Irradiation • Effects are: • successful wire cleaning • successful cathode cleaning → We can assume that the observed anomalous currents are self-suppressed during MWPC operation (high background radiation) → Therefore we are optimistic, that these currents will not be a problem for the long term operation of the LHCb Muon System LHCb Muon CERN

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