Calibration and performance of the E706 lead and liquid-argon electromagnetic calorimeter

被引:11
作者
Apanasevich, L
Bacigalupi, J
Baker, W
Ballocchi, G
Begel, M
Benson, R
Blusk, S
Bromberg, C
Brown, D
Chang, P
Choudhary, B
Chung, WH
de Barbaro, L
DeSoi, W
Dlugosz, W
Dunlea, J
Engels, E
Fanourakis, G
Ferbel, T
Ftacnik, J
Garelick, D
Ginther, G
Glaubman, M
Gutierrez, P
Hartman, K
Huston, J
Johnstone, C
Kapoor, V
Kuehler, J
Lanaro, A
Lirakis, C
Lobkowicz, F
Lukens, P
Mani, S
Mansour, J
Maul, A
Miller, R
Oh, BY
Osborne, G
Pellett, D
Prebys, E
Roser, R
Sinanidis, A
Shepard, P
Shivpuri, R
Skow, D
Slattery, P
Sorrell, L
Striley, D
Toothacker, W
机构
[1] Fermi Natl Accelerator Lab, Batavia, IL 60510 USA
[2] Univ Calif Davis, Davis, CA 95616 USA
[3] Univ Delhi, Delhi 110007, India
[4] Michigan State Univ, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA
[5] Univ Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
[6] Northeastern Univ, Boston, MA 02115 USA
[7] Univ Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019 USA
[8] Penn State Univ, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
[9] Univ Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA
[10] Univ Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
sampling electromagnetic calorimeter; calibration; direct photons;
D O I
10.1016/S0168-9002(98)00567-1
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
We report on the calibration and performance of a large lead liquid-argon electromagnetic calorimeter used by experiment E706 at Fermilab. The reconstructed pi(0) mass was used to calibrate the energy response of the calorimeter. The systematic uncertainty in the linearity and uniformity of the mean-energy response of the calorimeter after calibration was found to be less than +/- 0.5% for the sample of data analyzed. Detector characteristics, including sampling fluctuations and position resolution, are discussed. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:50 / 68
页数:19
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