PERFORMANCE OF A LIQUID ARGON ELECTROMAGNETIC CALORIMETER WITH AN ACCORDION GEOMETRY

被引:43
作者
AUBERT, B
BAZAN, A
CAVANNA, F
COLAS, J
LEFLOUR, T
VIALLE, JP
GORDON, HA
POLYCHRONAKOS, V
RADEKA, V
RAHM, D
STEPHANI, D
BAISIN, L
BERSET, JC
FABJAN, CW
FOURNIER, D
GILDEMEISTER, O
JENNI, P
LEFEBVRE, M
MARIN, CP
NESSI, M
NESSITEDALDI, F
PEPE, M
POLESELLO, G
RICHTER, W
SIGRIST, A
WILLIS, WJ
CAMIN, DV
COSTA, G
GIANOTTI, F
MANDELLI, L
PESSINA, G
ICONOMIDOUFAYARD, L
MERKEL, B
PETROFF, P
REPELLIN, JP
机构
[1] BROOKHAVEN NATL LAB,UPTON,NY 11973
[2] CERRO TOLOLO INTERAMER OBSERV,LA SERENA,CHILE
[3] UNIV MILAN,DIPARTMENTO FIS,I-20122 MILAN,ITALY
[4] IST NAZL FIS NUCL,TRIESTE,ITALY
[5] LAB ACCELERATOR LINEAIRE,ORSAY,FRANCE
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D O I
10.1016/0168-9002(91)90247-N
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
The first prototype of a lead-liquid-argon e.m. calorimeter with accordion-shaped absorber and electrode plates has been built and tested with electron and muon beams at the CERN SPS. This novel geometry combines good granularity with high readout speed and minimal dead space. For a response peaking time of 140 ns, an energy resolution of 10%/square-root E[GeV] and a space resolution of 4.4 mm/square-root E[GeV] with a 2.7 cm cell size have been achieved for electrons. The position accuracy for muons is better than 2 mm.
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页码:438 / 449
页数:12
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