SAMURAI Pion Reconstruction and Ion Tracker Time Projecting Chamber (SπRIT TPC)
The SπRIT Time-Projection Chamber is a detector to take 3d picture of nuclear collisions. The box called
the "Field Cage" contains gas and produces a constant electric field. When a particle flies through the field cage,
electrons are knocked off the gas molecules, leaving a trail of electrons. The constant electric field causes the electrons to drift up to a two-dimensional
pixel array, called the pad plane. The electrons are detected on the pad plane,
creating a set two-dimensional image of their tracks. The time at which individual pads detect the signal can
be used to determine the third dimension, creating a three-dimensional picture of how the particles move through the detector.
The SpiRIT TPC is funded by the Department of Energy as part of the
Symmetry Energy Project.
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