COMPASS user request for test beam time (v1.0) ---------------------------------------------- Please complete the missing information and send it as an email to Mathias.Beck@cern.ch 1. contact person: Heiko.Neeb@mpi-hd.mpg.de 2. type of detector to be tested: msgc + gem 3. period foreseen for the tests: 3 times a period of 1 week -- preferably one in the beginning of the year, one in the middle and one in the end. 4. do you handle with flamable gases (yes, no): yes (Argon/DME) 5. longitudinal size of the detector (including frames etc): [cm]: < 10 [radiation lengths]: small [interaction lengths]: small 6. transverse size of the detector [cm]: 30 7. beam energy [GeV]: any 8. beam partciles (electrons, hadrons, muons): any 9. estimated # of events: 10.a) desired rate [particles/spill]: b) maximum tolerable rate [particle/spill]: < 1 M 11. independent tracking required (yes, no): yes 12. readout electronics: VA readout 13. estimated amount of rack space for the readout electronics: few slots CAMAC, few slots VME, ~10 slots NIM 14. What is the maximum tolerable amount of material upstream your detector [radiation lengths]: small [interaction lengths]: << 1