Detector cells consisting of fast LYSO crystals viewed by avalanche photo-diodes were designed, built and bench-tested. Using two avalanche photo-diodes per crystal and using fast pulse shaping ...provided the light yield, low noise, and fast response needed for use in 50 MeV calorimetry for high beam rates. The achieved stochastic term coefficient is 0.17% and the time response was characterized by a single decay term of 50 ns.
An improved Shashlyk calorimeter Atoian, G.S.; Britvich, G.I.; Chernichenko, S.K. ...
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment,
01/2008, Letnik:
584, Številka:
2
Journal Article
Recenzirano
Shashlyk electromagnetic calorimeter modules with an energy resolution of about
3
%
/
E
(
GeV
)
for
50
–
1000
MeV
photons have been developed, and a prototype tested. Details of these improved ...modules, including mechanical construction, selection of wave shifting fibers and photo-detectors, and development of a new scintillator with improved optical and mechanical properties are described. How the modules will perform in a large calorimeter was determined from prototype measurements. The experimentally determined characteristics of the calorimeter prototype show energy resolution of
σ
E
/
E
=
(
1.96
±
0.1
)
%
⊕
(
2.74
±
0.05
)
%
/
E
, time resolution of
σ
T
=
(
72
±
4
)
/
E
⊕
(
14
±
2
)
/
E
(
ps
)
, where photon energy
E is given in GeV units and
⊕
means a quadratic summation. A punch-through inefficiency of photon detection was measured to be
ε
≈
5
×
10
-
5
(
Θ
beam
>
5
mrad
)
.
Prototype of the fast timing Cherenkov detector, applicable in high-energy collider experiments, has been developed basing on the modified Planacon XP85012 MCP-PMT and fused silica radiators. We ...present the reasons and description of the MCP-PMT modification, timing and amplitude characteristics of the prototype including the summary of the detector's response on particle hits at oblique angles and MCP-PMT performance at high illumination rates.
A
bstract
The production of prompt charmed mesons D
0
, D
+
and D
∗+
, and their antiparticles, was measured with the ALICE detector in Pb-Pb collisions at the centre-of-mass energy per nucleon pair,
...s
N
N
, of 2
.
76 TeV. The production yields for rapidity |
y
|
<
0
.
5 are presented as a function of transverse momentum,
p
T
, in the interval 1–36 GeV
/c
for the centrality class 0–10% and in the interval 1–16 GeV
/c
for the centrality class 30–50%. The nuclear modification factor
R
AA
was computed using a proton-proton reference at
s
=
2.76
TeV, based on measurements at
s
=
7
TeV and on theoretical calculations. A maximum suppression by a factor of 5-6 with respect to binary-scaled pp yields is observed for the most central collisions at
p
T
of about 10 GeV
/c
. A suppression by a factor of about 2-3 persists at the highest
p
T
covered by the measurements. At low
p
T
(1-3 GeV
/c
), the
R
AA
has large uncertainties that span the range 0.35 (factor of about 3 suppression) to 1 (no suppression). In all
p
T
intervals, the
R
AA
is larger in the 30-50% centrality class compared to central collisions. The D-meson
R
AA
is also compared with that of charged pions and, at large
p
T
, charged hadrons, and with model calculations.
ALICE is an LHC experiment devoted to the study of strongly interacting matter in proton--proton, proton--nucleus and nucleus--nucleus collisions at ultra-relativistic energies. The ALICE VZERO ...system, made of two scintillator arrays at asymmetric positions, one on each side of the interaction point, plays a central role in ALICE. In addition to its core function as a trigger, the VZERO system is used to monitor LHC beam conditions, to reject beam-induced backgrounds and to measure basic physics quantities such as luminosity, particle multiplicity, centrality and event plane direction in nucleus-nucleus collisions. After describing the VZERO system, this publication presents its performance over more than four years of operation at the LHC.
The LHCb Detector at the LHC Drancourt, C; Rambure, T; Bohner, G ...
Journal of instrumentation,
2008, Letnik:
3, Številka:
8
Journal Article
Recenzirano
Odprti dostop
The LHCb experiment is dedicated to precision measurements of CP violation and rare decays of B hadrons at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN (Geneva). The initial configuration and expected ...performance of the detector and associated systems, as established by test beam measurements and simulation studies, is described.
A
bstract
Production of inclusive charmonia in pp collisions at center-of-mass energy of
s
= 13 TeV and p–Pb collisions at center-of-mass energy per nucleon pair of
s
NN
= 8
.
16 TeV is studied as a ...function of charged-particle pseudorapidity density with ALICE. Ground and excited charmonium states (
J/ψ
,
ψ
(2S)) are measured from their dimuon decays in the interval of rapidity in the center-of-mass frame 2
.
5
< y
cms
<
4
.
0 for pp collisions, and 2
.
03
< y
cms
<
3
.
53 and −4
.
46
< y
cms
<
−2
.
96 for p–Pb collisions. The charged-particle pseudorapidity density is measured around midrapidity (|
η
|
<
1
.
0). In pp collisions, the measured charged-particle multiplicity extends to about six times the average value, while in p-Pb collisions at forward (backward) rapidity a multiplicity corresponding to about three (four) times the average is reached. The
ψ
(2S) yield increases with the charged-particle pseudorapidity density. The ratio of
ψ
(2S) over
J/ψ
yield does not show a significant multiplicity dependence in either colliding system, suggesting a similar behavior of
J/ψ
and
ψ
(2S) yields with respect to charged-particle pseudorapidity density. Results for the
ψ
(2S) yield and its ratio with respect to
J/ψ
agree with available model calculations.
A bstract The azimuthal anisotropy of particles associated with jets (jet particles) at midrapidity is measured for the first time in p-Pb and Pb-Pb collisions at $$ \sqrt{{\textrm{s}}_{\textrm{NN}}} ...$$ s NN = 5 . 02 TeV down to transverse momentum ( p T ) of 0.5 GeV/ c and 2 GeV/ c , respectively, with ALICE. The results obtained in p-Pb collisions are based on a novel three-particle correlation technique. The azimuthal anisotropy coefficient v 2 in high-multiplicity p-Pb collisions is positive, with a significance reaching 6.8 σ at low p T , and its magnitude is smaller than in semicentral Pb-Pb collisions. In contrast to the measurements in Pb-Pb collisions, the v 2 coefficient is also found independent of p T within uncertainties. Comparisons with the inclusive charged-particle v 2 and with AMPT calculations are discussed. The predictions suggest that parton interactions play an important role in generating a non-zero jet-particle v 2 in p-Pb collisions, even though they overestimate the reported measurement. These observations shed new insights on the understanding of the origin of the collective behaviour of jet particles in small systems such as p-Pb collisions, and provide significant stringent new constraints to models.
A
bstract
The production of strange hadrons (
K
S
0
, Λ, Ξ
±
, and Ω
±
), baryon-to-meson ratios (Λ
/
K
S
0
, Ξ
/
K
S
0
, and Ω
/
K
S
0
), and baryon-to-baryon ratios (Ξ
/
Λ, Ω
/
Λ, and Ω
/
Ξ) ...associated with jets and the underlying event were measured as a function of transverse momentum (
p
T
) in pp collisions at
s
= 13 TeV and p Pb collisions at
s
NN
= 5
.
02 TeV with the ALICE detector at the LHC. The inclusive production of the same particle species and the corresponding ratios are also reported. The production of multi-strange hadrons, Ξ
±
and Ω
±
, and their associated particle ratios in jets and in the underlying event are measured for the first time. In both pp and p–Pb collisions, the baryon-to-meson and baryon-to-baryon yield ratios measured in jets differ from the inclusive particle production for low and intermediate hadron
p
T
(0.6–6 GeV/
c
). Ratios measured in the underlying event are in turn similar to those measured for inclusive particle production. In pp collisions, the particle production in jets is compared with P
ythia
8 predictions with three colour-reconnection implementation modes. None of them fully reproduces the data in the measured hadron
p
T
region. The maximum deviation is observed for Ξ
±
and Ω
±
which reaches a factor of about six. The event multiplicity dependence is further investigated in p−Pb collisions. In contrast to what is observed in the underlying event, there is no significant event-multiplicity dependence for particle production in jets. The presented measurements provide novel constraints on hadronisation and its Monte Carlo description. In particular, they demonstrate that the fragmentation of jets alone is insufficient to describe the strange and multi-strange particle production in hadronic collisions at LHC energies.
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