# The straw tracking detector for the Fermilab Muon g-2 Experiment

King, BT, Albahri, T, Al-Kilani, S, Allspach, D, Beckner, D, Behnke, A, Bowcock, TJV ORCID: 0000-0002-3505-6915, Boyden, D, Carey, RM, Carroll, J ORCID: 0000-0001-6562-1105
et al (show 47 more authors) (2022) The straw tracking detector for the Fermilab Muon g-2 Experiment. JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION, 17 (2). P02035-.

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## Abstract

The Muon $g-2$ Experiment at Fermilab uses a gaseous straw tracking detector to make detailed measurements of the stored muon beam profile, which are essential for the experiment to achieve its uncertainty goals. Positrons from muon decays spiral inward and pass through the tracking detector before striking an electromagnetic calorimeter. The tracking detector is therefore located inside the vacuum chamber in a region where the magnetic field is large and non-uniform. As such, the tracking detector must have a low leak rate to maintain a high-quality vacuum, must be non-magnetic so as not to perturb the magnetic field and, to minimize energy loss, must have a low radiation length. The performance of the tracking detector has met or surpassed the design requirements, with adequate electronic noise levels, an average straw hit resolution of $(110 \pm 20) \,\mu$m, a detection efficiency of 97% or higher, and no performance degradation or signs of aging. The tracking detector's measurements result in an otherwise unachievable understanding of the muon's beam motion, particularly at early times in the experiment's measurement period when there are a significantly greater number of muons decaying. This is vital to the statistical power of the experiment, as well as facilitating the precise extraction of several systematic corrections and uncertainties. This paper describes the design, construction, testing, commissioning, and performance of the tracking detector.

Item Type: Article 37 pages, 27 figures Detector design and construction technologies and materials, Manufacturing, Particle tracking detectors (Gaseous detectors), Performance of High Energy Physics Detectors Faculty of Science and Engineering > School of Physical Sciences Symplectic Admin 30 May 2022 14:41 18 Jan 2023 21:00 10.1088/1748-0221/17/02/P02035 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-02... https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3155714