The issue of ``ageing'' is a crucial one in the long-term operation of
gaseous detectors like the Outer Tracker. The OT group has performed several
dedicated studies, some of which are still on-going.
Useful links to the most recent results
are given below:
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Aging in the LHCb Outer Tracker, I. Mous
Master Thesis, Free University Amsterdam,
(Nov 2007)
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Alterungsstudien und Studium der Betriebseigenschaften des Outer Trackers des LHCb Detektors, T. Haas
Ph.D. dissertation, Ruprecht-Karls-Universitaet, Heidelberg
(Nov 2007)
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Effects of Adding Oxygen to the Outer Tracker Gas Mixture, M.Blom, I.Mous, N.Tuning,
LHCb-2008-064 (Nov 2008)
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Ageing Studies on an Outer Tracker Module Constructed with TRA-BOND Glue, B.Storaci, et al.,
LHCb-2008-017 (Apr 2008)
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Ageing Studies for the Straw Tube Detectors
for the LHCb Outer Tracking System
[
pdf,
ppt],
in the session on
Radiation Damage Effects II - Aging of Gaseous Detectors
of the 2004 Nuclear Science Symposium of the
IEEE 2004 NSS-MIC conference
(October 2004, Rome)
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The Straw Tube Technology for the LHCb Outer Tracking System"
presented at the
10th Vienna Conference on Instrumentation (February 2004, Vienna)
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Entwicklung, Bau und Alterungsstudien von Straw Tube Driftkammern
fuer das Aussere Spurkammersystem von LHCb,
Ph.D. dissertation of M. Walter at the Ruprecht - Karls - Universitaet
(Heidelberg, 2005)
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Status of Aging Tests,
presented by T. Haas at the
27.7.04 OT Meeting (NIKHEF, July 27 2004)
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OT Report from Ageing Workshop ,
presented by U. Uwer at the
May 2004 LHCb Week (CERN, May 27 2004)
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LHCb Gas Based Detectors and Ageing,
LHCb note 2004-050
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Specifications for the drift gas quality of the outer tracking system,
LHCb note 2002-031
Recent developments