%0 Journal Article
%T The Forward Time Projection Chamber (FTPC) in STAR
%A K. H. Ackermann
%A F. Bieser
%A F. P. Brady
%A D. Cebra
%A J. E. Draper
%A V. Eckardt
%A T. Eggert
%A H. Fessler
%A K. J. Foley
%A V. Ghazikhanian
%A T. J. Hallman
%A M. Heffner
%A H. Huemmler
%A J. Klay
%A S. R. Klein
%A A. Lebedev
%A M. J. LeVine
%A T. Ljubicic
%A G. Lo Curto
%A R. S. Longacre
%A M. Oldenburg
%A HG. Ritter
%A J. L. Romero
%A N. Schmitz
%A A. Schuettauf
%A J. Seyboth
%A P. Seyboth
%A M. Vidal
%A C. Whitten Jr.
%A E. Yamamoto
%J Physics
%D 2002
%I arXiv
%R 10.1016/S0168-9002(02)01968-X
%X Two cylindrical forward TPC detectors are described which were constructed to extend the phase space coverage of the STAR experiment to the region 2.5 < |\eta| < 4.0. For optimal use of the available space and in order to cope with the high track density of central Au+Au collisions at RHIC, a novel design was developed using radial drift in a low diffusion gas. From prototype measurements a 2-track resolution of 1-2 mm is expected.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-ex/0211014v1