Design of a scintillator tile hadronic calorimeter for the compact muon solenoid (CMS) experiment for LHC

The design of a large hadron scintillator tile calorimeter for the CMS experiment has led to novel solutions to maximize compactness. Taking into account important constraints like minimizing space for bindings and clearances, finishing all heavy work before inserting any scintillator tray, reducing installation time, a solution based on self-supporting rings has been preferred. The copper absorber plates are fully electron beam welded, creating a rigid self-supporting structure without any external frame. This concept has been qualified through prototype manufacturing and tests, and a thorough structural analysis. These test results and the finite element analysis will be presented. The latter has been performed to a high degree of accuracy despite the high granularity of the ring structure, using a non-standard approach.