The STAR endcap electromagnetic calorimeter

被引:64
作者
Allgower, CE
Anderson, BD
Baldwin, AR
Balewski, J
Belt-Tonjes, M
Bland, LC
Brown, RL
Cadman, RV
Christie, W
Cyliax, I
Dunin, V
Efimov, L
Eppley, G
Gagliardi, CA
Gagunashvili, N
Hallman, T
Hunt, W
Jacobs, WW
Klyachko, A
Krueger, K
Kulikov, A
Ogawa, A
Panebratsev, Y
Planinic, M
Puskar-Pasewicz, J
Rakness, G
Razin, S
Rogachevski, O
Shimansky, S
Solberg, KA
Sowinski, J
Spinka, H
Stephenson, EJ
Tikhomirov, V
Tokarev, M
Tribble, RE
Uunderwood, D
Vander Molen, AM
Vigdor, SE [1 ]
Watson, JW
Westfall, G
Wissink, SW
Yokosawa, A
Yurevich, V
Zhang, WM
Zubarev, A
机构
[1] Indiana Univ, Cyclotron Facil, Bloomington, IN 47408 USA
[2] Kent State Univ, Dept Phys, Kent, OH 44242 USA
[3] Michigan State Univ, Dept Phys, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA
[4] Brookhaven Natl Lab, Div Phys, Upton, NY 11973 USA
[5] Argonne Natl Lab, High Energy Phys Div, Argonne, IL 60439 USA
[6] Joint Inst Nucl Res, High Energy Phys Lab, Dubna 141980, Russia
[7] Rice Univ, Dept Phys, Houston, TX 77251 USA
[8] Texas A&M Univ, Inst Cyclotron, College Stn, TX 77843 USA
[9] Penn State Univ, Dept Phys, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
关键词
detectors; electromagnetic calorimeter; pi(0)/gamma discrimination; electron/hadron discrimination;
D O I
10.1016/S0168-9002(02)01971-X
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
The STAR endcap electromagnetic calorimeter will provide full azimuthal coverage for high-P-T photons, electrons and electromagnetically decaying mesons over the pseudorapidity range 1.086 less than or equal to eta less than or equal to 2.00. It includes a scintillating-strip shower-maximum detector to provide pi(0)/gamma discrimination and preshower and postshower layers to aid in distinguishing between electrons and charged hadrons. The triggering capabilities and coverage it offers are crucial for much of the spin physics program to be carried out in polarized proton-proton collisions. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:740 / 750
页数:11
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