Performance of the ATLAS hadronic end-cap calorimeter in beam tests Dowler, B; Pinfold, J; Soukup, J ...
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment,
04/2002, Volume:
482, Issue:
1-2
Journal Article
Peer reviewed
Open access
Modules of the ATLAS liquid argon Hadronic End-cap Calorimeter (HEC) were exposed to beams of electrons, muons and pions in the energy range 6⩽E⩽200GeV at the CERN SPS. A description of the HEC and ...of the beam test setup are given. Results on the energy response and resolution are presented and compared with simulations. The ATLAS energy resolution for jets in the end-cap region is inferred and meets the ATLAS requirements.
Full text
Available for:
GEOZS, IJS, IMTLJ, KILJ, KISLJ, NUK, OILJ, PNG, SAZU, SBCE, SBJE, UL, UM, UPCLJ, UPUK
Abstract
The Phase-I trigger readout electronics upgrade of the ATLAS
Liquid Argon calorimeters enhances the
physics reach of the experiment during the upcoming operation at
increasing Large Hadron ...Collider luminosities.
The new system, installed during the second Large Hadron Collider Long Shutdown,
increases the trigger readout granularity by up to a factor of ten
as well as its precision and range.
Consequently, the background rejection at trigger level is improved
through enhanced filtering algorithms utilizing the additional information
for topological discrimination of electromagnetic and hadronic shower shapes.
This paper presents the final designs of the new electronic elements,
their custom electronic devices, the procedures
used to validate their proper functioning, and the performance achieved
during the commissioning of this system.
A full azimuthal
φ
-wedge of the ATLAS liquid argon end-cap calorimeter has been exposed to beams of electrons, muons and pions in the energy range
6
GeV
⩽
E
⩽
200
GeV
at the CERN SPS. The angular ...region studied corresponds to the ATLAS impact position around the pseudorapidity interval
1.6
<
|
η
|
<
1.8
. The beam test setup is described. A detailed study of the performance is given as well as the related intercalibration constants obtained. Following the ATLAS hadronic calibration proposal, a first study of the hadron calibration using a weighting ansatz is presented. The results are compared to predictions from Monte Carlo simulations, based on GEANT 3 and GEANT 4 models.
Full text
Available for:
GEOZS, IJS, IMTLJ, KILJ, KISLJ, NUK, OILJ, PNG, SAZU, SBCE, SBJE, UL, UM, UPCLJ, UPUK
In this paper it is shown that a measurement of the relative luminosity changes at the LHC may be obtained by analysing the currents drawn from the high voltage power supplies of the electromagnetic ...section of the forward calorimeter of the ATLAS detector. The method was verified with a reproduction of a small section of the ATLAS forward calorimeter using proton beams of known beam energies and variable intensities at the U-70 accelerator at IHEP in Protvino, Russia. The experimental setup and the data taking during a test beam run in April 2008 are described in detail. A comparison of the measured high voltage currents with reference measurements from beam intensity monitors shows a linear dependence on the beam intensity. The non-linearities are measured to be less than 0.5 % combining statistical and systematic uncertainties.
The Phase-I trigger readout electronics upgrade of the ATLAS Liquid Argon calorimeters enhances the physics reach of the experiment during the upcoming operation at increasing Large Hadron Collider ...luminosities. The new system, installed during the second Large Hadron Collider Long Shutdown, increases the trigger readout granularity by up to a factor of ten as well as its precision and range. Consequently, the background rejection at trigger level is improved through enhanced filtering algorithms utilizing the additional information for topological discrimination of electromagnetic and hadronic shower shapes. This paper presents the final designs of the new electronic elements, their custom electronic devices, the procedures used to validate their proper functioning, and the performance achieved during the commissioning of this system.
Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A531:481-514,2004 A full azimuthal phi-wedge of the ATLAS liquid argon end-cap calorimeter has
been exposed to beams of electrons, muons and pions in the energy range 6 GeV
<= E <= ...200 GeV at the CERN SPS. The angular region studied corresponds to the
ATLAS impact position around the pseudorapidity interval 1.6 < |eta| < 1.8. The
beam test set-up is described. A detailed study of the performance is given as
well as the related intercalibration constants obtained. Following the ATLAS
hadronic calibration proposal, a first study of the hadron calibration using a
weighting ansatz is presented. The results are compared to predictions from
Monte Carlo simulations, based on GEANT 3 and GEANT 4 models.
PDF
