Published October 15, 2006
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Journal article
A bootstrap method for gain calibration and resolution determination of a lead-glass calorimeter
Creators
- 1. Department of Physics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06268 (United States)
- 2. Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405 (United States)
- 3. Department of Physics, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA 23173 (United States)
- 4. Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA 23606 (United States)
Description
We describe a method for calibration of a lead-glass calorimeter that does not require a beam of known energy. The technique was used to calibrate the radphi lead-glass calorimeter at Jefferson Lab. The technique described can be applied to any segmented electromagnetic calorimeter capable of detecting all-photon decays of mesons, for example, π0->2γ, η->2γ or ω->π0γ. We also demonstrate how the measured 2γ mass width of the π0 and η mesons can be unfolded to extract the single-shower energy and position resolution functions of the calorimeter
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.nima.2006.07.061;
- PII
- S0168-9002(06)01355-6;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
- Journal Volume
- 566
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Journal Page Range
- p. 366-374
- ISSN
- 0168-9002
- CODEN
- NIMAER
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 38035254
- Subject category
- S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- CALIBRATION; CEBAF ACCELERATOR; GAIN; GLASS; LEAD; OMEGA BARYONS; PHOTONS; PHOTOPRODUCTION; PIONS NEUTRAL; RADIATIVE DECAY; RESOLUTION; SHOWER COUNTERS; SHOWERS
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCELERATORS; AMPLIFICATION; BARYONS; BASIC INTERACTIONS; BOSONS; DECAY; ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ELEMENTS; FERMIONS; HADRONS; HYPERONS; INTERACTIONS; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MESONS; METALS; PARTICLE DECAY; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; PIONS; PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS; RADIATION DETECTORS; STRANGE PARTICLES
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2006 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.