• DocumentCode
    3783870
  • Title

    Prototype tests for the ALICE transition radiation detector

  • Author

    A. Andronic;H. Appelshauser;C. Blume;P. Braun-Munzinger;G. Catanescu;M. Ciobanu;H. Daues;A. Devismes;Ch. Finck;N. Herrmann;T. Lister;T. Mahmoud;T. Peitzmann;M. Petrovici;A. Reischl;K. Reygers;R. Santo;R. Schulze;S. Sedykh;R.S. Simon;J. Stachel;H. Stelzer;

  • Author_Institution
    Gesellschaft fur Schwerionenforschung mbH, Darmstadt, Germany
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2000
  • Firstpage
    42681
  • Abstract
    A Transition Radiation Detector (TRD) has been designed to improve the electron identification and trigger capability of the ALICE experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. We present results from tests of a prototype of the TRD concerning pion rejection for different methods of analysis over a momentum range from 0.9 to 2.4 GeV/c. We investigate the performance of different radiator types, composed of foils, fibres and foams.
  • Keywords
    "Prototypes","Testing","Radiation detectors","Mesons","Electrons","Large Hadron Collider","Anodes","Wires","Cathodes","Production"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2000 IEEE
  • ISSN
    1082-3654
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6503-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/NSSMIC.2000.949922
  • Filename
    949922