Published 2016 | Version v1
Journal article

Particle dependent tracking efficiency of the measurement of charged hadrons in ALICE

  • 1. Institut fuer Kernphysik, Goethe-Universitaet Frankfurt (Germany)

Description

The ALICE experiment at the LHC is designed to study the properties of the Quark-Gluon-Plasma (QGP) based on high energy pp, p-Pb and Pb-Pb collisions. Certain properties of these collisions can be studied by measuring the production of charged hadrons. In ALICE charged hadrons are measured with the Time Projection Chamber (TPC) and are corrected for the tracking efficiency of the detector. Here, tracking efficiencies are calculated based on two simulations: A Monte Carlo generator for the particle production and GEANT, to simulate the detector response. As the particle abundances in Monte Carlo simulations differ from the measured yields of identified particles, the composition of the inclusive tracking efficiency has to be tuned. We present a systematic study of the particle dependent tracking efficiency of the measurement of charged hadrons, especially in pp collisions at √(s) = 13 TeV.

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft
Journal Issue
Darmstadt 2016 issue
Series
Also available as printed version: Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft v. 51(4)
Journal Page Range
[1 p.]
ISSN
0420-0195
CODEN
VDPEAZ

Conference

Title
DPG-Fruehjahrstagung 2016 (Spring meeting) with the division hadron and nuclei, and the working group accelerator physics
Original Conference Title
DPG-Fruehjahrstagung 2016 des Fachverbandes Hadronen und Kerne und dem Arbeitskreis Beschleunigerphysik
Dates
14-18 Mar 2016
Place
Darmstadt (Germany)

Optional Information

Notes
Session: HK 45.21 Mi 18:30; No further information available
Collaborations
ALICE-Collaboration