DocumentCode
2552137
Title
Development of W+Si based electromagnetic calorimeter for the upgrade of the LHC-ALICE experiment
Author
Sekiguchi, Yuta ; Gunji, T. ; Hamagaki, H. ; Hayashi, Shin´ichiro ; Hori, Yoichi
Author_Institution
Center for Nucl. Study, Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
fYear
2012
fDate
Oct. 27 2012-Nov. 3 2012
Firstpage
1854
Lastpage
1856
Abstract
A compact W+Si sampling electromagnetic calorimeter is under consideration as one of the upgrade plans for the LHC-ALICE experiment. Prototype of a W+Si pad based calorimeter was built and tested at CERN-PS in 2011. The overall performance of the protoype is reported in this article.
Keywords
particle calorimetry; position sensitive particle detectors; LHC-ALICE experiment; LHC-ALICE upgrade; compact W+Si sampling electromagnetic calorimeter; heavy ion collisions; strongly interacting QCD medium;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location
Anaheim, CA
ISSN
1082-3654
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-2028-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/NSSMIC.2012.6551432
Filename
6551432
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