Published January 2009
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Journal article
The SDD and SSD support structure for the ALICE Inner Tracking System
Creators
- 1. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Torino (Italy)
- 2. Subatomic Physics Department, Utrecht University, Utrecht (Netherlands)
- 3. National Institute for Nuclear and High Energy Physics (NIKHEF), Amsterdam (Netherlands)
- 4. V. Fock Institute for Physics, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg (Russian Federation)
Description
The ALICE Inner Tracking System is designed to provide the determination of the primary vertex and of the secondary vertices in order to reconstruct charm and hyperon decays, particle identification and tracking of low-momentum particles and to improve the momentum and angle measurements of the Time Projecting Chamber (TPC). The device consists of six layers of silicon detectors and has been installed into the ALICE's cavern of the LHC accelerator. In this paper we describe the mechanical structure of the instrument and its behaviour during and after the assembly procedure.
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/4/01/P01003Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Instrumentation
- Journal Volume
- 4
- Journal Issue
- 01
- Journal Page Range
- p. P01003
- ISSN
- 1748-0221
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 41013447
- Subject category
- S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- CERN LHC; EQUIPMENT; HYPERONS; LAYERS; PARTICLE DECAY; PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION; SI SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; TIME PROJECTION CHAMBERS
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCELERATORS; BARYONS; CYCLIC ACCELERATORS; DECAY; DRIFT CHAMBERS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; HADRONS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MULTIWIRE PROPORTIONAL CHAMBERS; PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS; RADIATION DETECTORS; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; STORAGE RINGS; STRANGE PARTICLES; SYNCHROTRONS