• DocumentCode
    1231631
  • Title

    Construction and Performance of a High Granularity Calorimeter

  • Author

    Branchini, P. ; Ceradini, F. ; Corradi, G. ; Micco, B. Di ; Loffredo, S. ; Passeri, A.

  • Author_Institution
    INFN Sezione Roma Tre, Rome
  • Volume
    56
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    4/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    394
  • Lastpage
    397
  • Abstract
    We describe the realization and performance of a prototype high granularity calorimeter built with lead and scintillating fibers. We describe the calorimeter construction and show cosmic ray and electron test beam results obtained with a custom-designed trigger.
  • Keywords
    cosmic ray apparatus; electron beams; nuclear electronics; particle calorimetry; position sensitive particle detectors; solid scintillation detectors; cosmic ray tests; custom-designed trigger; electron test beam; front-end electronics; lead-scintillating fibers; prototype high granularity calorimeter; Detectors; Electron beams; Energy measurement; Energy resolution; Optical fiber testing; Photomultipliers; Prototypes; Spatial resolution; Structural beams; Time measurement; Calorimetry;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.2009.2014561
  • Filename
    4812301