The HELIX Drift Chamber Tracker Design and Implementation

K. McBride; P. S. Allison; M. Baiocchi; J. J. Beatty; L. Beaufore; D. H. Calderón; A. G. Castano; Y. Chen; S. Coutu; N. Green; D. Hanna; H. B. Jeon; S. B. Klein; B. Kunkler; M. Lang; R. Mbarek; S. I. Mognet; J. Musser; S. Nutter; S. O’Brien; N. Park; K. M. Powledge; K. Sakai; M. Tabata; G. Tarlé; J. M. Tuttle; G. Visser; S. P. Wakely; M. Yu

The HELIX Drift Chamber Tracker Design and Implementation

K. McBride, P. S. Allison, M. Baiocchi, J. J. Beatty, L. Beaufore, D. H. Calderón, A. G. Castano, Y. Chen, S. Coutu, N. Green, D. Hanna, H. B. Jeon, S. B. Klein, B. Kunkler, M. Lang, R. Mbarek, S. I. Mognet, J. Musser, S. Nutter, S. O’BrienN. Park, K. M. Powledge, K. Sakai, M. Tabata, G. Tarlé, J. M. Tuttle, G. Visser, S. P. Wakely, M. Yu

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HELIX (High Energy Light Isotope eXperiment) is a balloon-borne experiment designed to measure the chemical and isotopic abundances of light cosmic-ray nuclei. Detailed measurements by HELIX, especially of ¹⁰Be from ∼0.2 GeV/n to beyond 3 GeV/n, will provide essential insights into the propagation processes of the cosmic rays. HELIX measures the rigidity of cosmic rays by tracking their deflection in a 1 Tesla magnetic field with its Drift Chamber Tracker (DCT). This high-resolution gas tracking system utilizes 216 sensing wires with diameter 20 µm to provide both bending and non-bending view measurements. The DCT sense wires collect cosmic-ray-induced ionization through a strong electric drift field of 1 kV/cm. Precise monitoring and control of the gas composition and drift field are accomplished with a suite of housekeeping instruments. We present the design and implementation of the DCT and its readout electronics and highlight cosmic-ray muon analysis developments with straight-through tracks.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	123
Journal	Proceedings of Science
Volume	444
State	Published - Sep 27 2024
Event	38th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2023 - Nagoya, Japan Duration: Jul 26 2023 → Aug 3 2023

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The HELIX Drift Chamber Tracker Design and Implementation

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