Investigations of the characteristics of the DELPHI hadron calorimeter prototype

The characteristics of the DELHI hadron calorimeter prototype in various modes of operation of its detectors are presented in this paper. It is shown that the transition to a saturated proportional mode and use of more sensitive electronics do not make worse the hadron calorimeter operation. The possibility to select muon tracks in the hadron calorimeter and to use them for detector triggering has been investigated. The results of nuclear shower simulation in the detector are presented. The form of the dependence between signals from the electromagnetic and hadron calorimeters has been found out. The supposition to improve the procedure of the hadron energy reconstruction with the help of the discovered function has been made