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Journal article
The MRPC-based ALICE Time-Of-Flight detector: Commissioning and first performance
Creators
- Akindinov, A.1
- Alici, A.2, 3, 4
- Antonioli, P.4
- Arcelli, S.5, 4
- Basile, M.5, 4
- Bellini, F.4
- Caffarri, D.6, 5, 4
- Cara Romeo, G.4
- Cifarelli, L.5, 4
- Cindolo, F.4
- De Caro, A.7
- De Gruttola, D.7
- De Pasquale, S.7
- Doroud, K.8
- Fusco Girard, M.7
- Guerzoni, B.5, 4
- Hatzifotiadou, D.4
- Jung, W.W.9
- Kim, D.W.9
- Kim, J.S.9
- and others
- 1. Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow (Russian Federation)
- 2. CERN, Geneva (Switzerland)
- 3. Museo Storico della Fisica e Centro Studi e Ricerche "Enrico Fermi", Roma (Italy)
- 4. Sezione INFN, Bologna (Italy)
- 5. Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Bologna (Italy)
- 6. INFN and University of Padova (Italy)
- 7. Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and INFN, Salerno (Italy)
- 8. World Laboratory, Geneva (Switzerland)
- 9. Department of Physics, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung (Korea, Republic of)
Description
The ALICE Time-Of-Flight (TOF) detector is a cylindrical array with a total area of about 150 m2 and more than 153,000 readout channels; it will allow charged hadron separation for momentum up to a few GeV/c. The very good performance required for such a system has been achieved by means of the Multigap Resistive Plate Chamber (MRPC) whose time resolution is better than 50 ps with an overall efficiency close to 100%. The TOF detector is fully installed since April 2008; it has successfully been operated during cosmic ray data taking. The very good stability, noise level and time performance are reported here. The status of the calibration and the first physics results with the TOF detector are given.
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2010.09.037Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.nima.2010.09.037;
- PII
- S0168-9002(10)02030-9;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
- Journal Volume
- 661
- Journal Issue
- Suppl.1
- Journal Page Range
- p. S98-S101
- ISSN
- 0168-9002
- CODEN
- NIMAER
Conference
- Title
- 10. workshop on resistive plate chambers and related detectors
- Acronym
- RPC 2010
- Dates
- 9-12 Feb 2010
- Place
- Darmstadt (Germany)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 44002353
- Subject category
- S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- ALICE; COMMISSIONING; COSMIC RADIATION; CYLINDRICAL CONFIGURATION; EFFICIENCY; GEV RANGE; NOISE; PERFORMANCE; READOUT SYSTEMS; STABILITY; TIME RESOLUTION; TIME-OF-FLIGHT METHOD
- Descriptors DEC
- CONFIGURATION; ENERGY RANGE; IONIZING RADIATIONS; MAGNETIC MIRRORS; OPEN PLASMA DEVICES; RADIATIONS; RESOLUTION; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES; TIMING PROPERTIES
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2010 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.