The quartz-fiber Zero-Degree Calorimeter for the NA50 experiment at CERN SPS

Arnaldi, R.; Bardi, L.; Chiavassa, E.; Dellacasa, G.; DeMarco, N; Gallio, M.; Gorodetzky, P.; Guaita, P.; Musso, A.; Pezzetta, M.; Piccotti, A.; Scomparin, E.; Soave, C.; Vercellin, E.

doi:10.1016/s0168-9002(98)00227-7

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“…The ZDCs will operate in a harsh radiation environment, up to 10 4 Gy/day at a luminosity of 10 27 cm −2 s −1 . For this reason, quartz fibres were chosen, due to their intrinsic radiation hardness [172,173]. In particular, we have used fibres with a pure silica core, silica fluorinated cladding and a hard polymer coat.…”

Section: Hadron Calorimetersmentioning

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The ALICE experiment at the CERN LHC

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ALICE is the heavy-ion experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. The experiment continuously took data during the first physics campaign of the machine from fall 2009 until early 2013, using proton and lead-ion beams. In this paper we describe the running environment and the data handling procedures, and discuss the performance of the ALICE detectors and analysis methods for various physics observables.

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The ALICE experiment at the CERN LHC

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The alice experiment at the CERN LHC

Kuijer

2003

Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements

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ALICE (A Large Ion Collider Experiment) is a general-purpose, heavy-ion detector at the CERN LHC which focuses on QCD, the strong-interaction sector of the Standard Model. It is designed to address the physics of strongly interacting matter and the quark-gluon plasma at extreme values of energy density and temperature in nucleus-nucleus collisions. Besides running with Pb ions, the physics programme includes collisions with lighter ions, lower energy running and dedicated proton-nucleus runs. ALICE will also take data with proton beams at the top LHC energy to collect reference data for the heavy-ion programme and to address several QCD topics for which ALICE is complementary to the other LHC detectors. The ALICE detector has been built by a collaboration including currently over 1000 physicists and engineers from 105 Institutes in 30 countries. Its overall dimensions are 16×16×26 m 3 with a total weight of approximately 10 000 t. The experiment consists of 18 different detector systems each with its own specific technology choice and design constraints, driven both by the physics requirements and the experimental conditions expected at LHC. The most stringent design constraint is to cope with the extreme particle multiplicity anticipated in central Pb-Pb collisions. The different subsystems were optimized to provide high-momentum resolution as well as excellent Particle Identification (PID) over a broad range in momentum, up to the highest multiplicities predicted for LHC. This will allow for comprehensive studies of hadrons, electrons, muons, and photons produced in the collision of heavy nuclei. Most detector systems are scheduled to be installed and ready for data taking by mid-2008 when the LHC is scheduled to start operation, with the exception of parts of the Photon Spectrometer (PHOS), Transition Radiation Detector (TRD) and Electro Magnetic Calorimeter (EMCal). These detectors will be completed for the high-luminosity ion run expected in 2010. This paper describes in detail the detector components as installed for the first data taking in the summer of 2008.

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