Silicon drift chamber studies for possible use at RHIC. Final report, March 1, 1989--April 30, 1993

This is the final report for the DOE project ``Silicon Drift-Chamber studies for Possible use at RHIC`` carried out at the University of Pittsburgh by T. J. Humanic. This study was carried out during the period March 1989--April 1993 under DOE Grant No. DE-FG02-89ER40503. The termination of this grant was caused by the movement of the principal investigator from the University of Pittsburgh to Ohio State University, where this work is continuing under a different grant. During this period we investigated various aspects of silicon drift chambers including two-track resolution, effects of external magnetic fields and different detector designs.