A high-pressure gas-ionization tube calorimeter for forward detectors

Abstract

A calorimeter design based on high-pressure gas-ionization tubes arranged nearly parallel to the incident particle direction is described. Energy, time, and position resolutions of such a calorimeter, as well as its radiation hardness and elecuonic noise, are discussed. Resulting characteristics meet the needs of the forward calorimetry for SSC and LHC collider experiments, and seem promising for application in orher, more central parts of these experiments.lalso INFN Pisa, I-56010 Pisa, Italy 2