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Review Vacuum Final
Review Vacuum Final
Review Vacuum Final
CHALLENGE
Ion Pump
RICH beam Forward beam
80 L/sec
Pipe 1.92” ID Pipe 1.0” ID
BTEV PIXEL DETECTOR INTERN 5
AL REVIEW 20-NOV-01
DETAILS OF PIXEL DETECTOR
VACUUM
• Thin metal
membrane isolating
pixels from beam
line
• Thin membrane = RF
shield
• RF shield will
probably not be a
perfect seal
• Pumping speeds
• Apertures in RF shield
BTEV PIXEL DETECTOR INTERN 9
AL REVIEW 20-NOV-01
RESULTS
Pressure Distribution in BTeV Vaccum System
1.00E-06
Pumps:
- Beam pipe ion pump 80 L/sec
- "Clean volume" pump 50 L/sec
- "Dirty volume" pump 800 L/sec
Pressure (torr)
1.00E-09
-10 -5 0 5 10
Distance from C0 (m)
BTEV PIXEL DETECTOR INTERN 10
AL REVIEW 20-NOV-01
GAS LOAD MEASUREMENT
PROCEDURE
• Treat sample by baking
and/or cleaning w/ alcohol
• Bake empty stainless steel
vacuum chamber for 3 days
• After cooled, place sample
into chamber
• Pump for 3-10 days
• Measure rate-of-rise each
day
• Record RGA reading
periodically to determine
gas composition
1.00E-07
- 2nd
HDI
Circuit boards
1.00E-08
SS chamber
1.00E-09
Carbon fiber
panel
Total surface area for each sample:
- Vacuum chamber: 1731 cm^2
1.00E-10 - Glassy c.f. tubes: 84 cm^2
- HDI: 756 cm^2
- Circuit boards: 773 cm^2
- Carbon fiber panels: 380 cm^2
1.00E-11
0.0 50.0 100.0 150.0 200.0 250.0 300.0
Time (hr)
BTEV PIXEL DETECTOR INTERN 12
AL REVIEW 20-NOV-01
MEASURED GAS LOADS
1.00E-05
Caution from Mauro: It may require lowering the temperature of 90% of the detector
to cryogenic temperatures to get the gas load this low