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Tour Experiment E687: Microvertex Detector

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The Microvertex Detector tracks particles that emerge from the target at the Wideband Lab. The detector consists of several detectors arranged vertically, horizontally and diagonally. 		  You are here.
Overview 1
Overview 2
Overview 3
Beginning of Beam
Tagging Equipment
Drift Chamber
Microvertex Detector
Silicon Strip Detector
Scintillating Counter
Magnet
Cerenkov Counter
Muon Counter
IE Calorimeter
End of Line
The Control Room

The Microvertex Detector with a glass tube going to it.
A detail of the microvertex hut (right), the M1 analysis magnet (center), the Cerenkov counters (center) and part of the Outer Electomagnetic Calorimeter (OE) (left).