The silicon microstrip vertex detector for experiment #E691 at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

"The silicon microstrip vertex detector for experiment #E691 at Fermilab is used to measure charmed particle decays to an accuracy of less than one thousandth of an inch. The silver cables carry signals from 7000 detector elements built on silicon chips similar to those used for micro-electronic circuits. The experimentor is adjusting the beryllium target which is struck by a photon beam to produce the particles. The experiment is a joint collaboration of physicists from Brazil, Canada and the United States.", Credit Line: Fermilab Photograph, courtesy of AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives
Abstract/Description: "The silicon microstrip vertex detector for experiment #E691 at Fermilab is used to measure charmed particle decays to an accuracy of less than one thousandth of an inch. The silver cables carry signals from 7000 detector elements built on silicon chips similar to those used for micro-electronic circuits. The experimentor is adjusting the beryllium target which is struck by a photon beam to produce the particles. The experiment is a joint collaboration of physicists from Brazil, Canada and the United States."
Subject(s): Laboratories
Experiment--physics
Equipment and supplies
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Date Created: circa 1986
Credit Line: Fermilab Photograph, courtesy of AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives
Catalog ID: Fermilab F20
Title: The silicon microstrip vertex detector for experiment #E691 at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: circa 1986
Extent: 1 photographic print (color; 7.5 x 7.5 inches)
Abstract/Description: "The silicon microstrip vertex detector for experiment #E691 at Fermilab is used to measure charmed particle decays to an accuracy of less than one thousandth of an inch. The silver cables carry signals from 7000 detector elements built on silicon chips similar to those used for micro-electronic circuits. The experimentor is adjusting the beryllium target which is struck by a photon beam to produce the particles. The experiment is a joint collaboration of physicists from Brazil, Canada and the United States."
Identifier(s): Fermilab F20 (Catalog ID)
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Credit Line: Fermilab Photograph, courtesy of AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives

Subject(s): Laboratories
Experiment--physics
Equipment and supplies
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
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