Protection of the in-vacuum-operating straw chambers from vacuum penetration
| Autor: | Vladimir Kekelidze, V. Samsonov, S. A. Movchan, V. F. Chepurnov, L. Glonti, N. Ridinger, G. L. Glonti, Yu. Potrebenikov |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Physics
Nuclear and High Energy Physics Leak Drift tube 010308 nuclear & particles physics Nuclear engineering Gas supply Ultra-high vacuum Penetration (firestop) Protection system 01 natural sciences 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine 0103 physical sciences Tube (fluid conveyance) Cut-off Instrumentation |
| Zdroj: | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 936:479-481 |
| ISSN: | 0168-9002 |
| Popis: | In the past years, drift chambers with thin-wall tubes (straws) operating in high vacuum ( ∼ 10−5 mb) has become to be used in experimental studies of rare decays. Any drift tube of the operating chamber may suffer a mechanical or electrical damage and a subsequent leak. The complete failure of the tube is not excluded either. To protect the chambers against the above damage, we have developed and tested a relatively simple protection system based on uniquely designed energy-independent devices. If air-tightness is broken and gas starts leaking from the tube into the vacuum, they automatically cut off the gas flow on both ends of the damaged tube and disconnect it from the gas supply. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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