The design and construction of the large Drift Chamber for the KLOE experiment at the Frascati phi-factory, DAPHNE, are described. The relevant aspects of the various elements of the detector are reviewed together with a description of the track reconstruction program and of the calibration procedures. The performance of the detector based on measurements with cosmic rays and with e+ e- colliding beams during DAPHNE commissioning is presented.
F. et al. (Mon,) studied this question.