Author/Authors :
Bogolyubsky، نويسنده , , M. and Ippolitov، نويسنده , , M. and Kuryakin، نويسنده , , A. and Manko، نويسنده , , V. and Muller، نويسنده , , H. and Nomokonov، نويسنده , , P. and Punin، نويسنده , , V. and Rohrich، نويسنده , , D. and Sadovsky، نويسنده , , S. and Sibiriak، نويسنده , , I. and Skaali، نويسنده , , B. and Sugitate، نويسنده , , T. and Vasil’ev، نويسنده , , A. and Vinogradov، نويسنده , , A. and Vodopianov، نويسنده , , A. and Zhou، نويسنده , , D.، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
The Time of Flight (TOF) resolution of one of the LHC ALICE detectors, a prototype of the electromagnetic calorimeter PHOS (PHOton Spectrometer), was measured in beam tests carried out at CERN PS. The prototype of the calorimeter consists of 256 ( 22 × 22 × 180 mm 3 ) cells of light-detecting PbWO 4 (PWO) monocrystals read out with 5 × 5 mm 2 Avalanche Photo Diodes (APDs). Three dedicated front end cards with 24 channels of electronics were designed and produced for using in the tests, each channel consisting of one fast and two slow shapers, a time to amplitude converter and three identical 12-bit peak sensitive Analog to Digital Converters (ADCs). The high voltage bias regulator for APD is located on the same card. The measured TOF resolution is described as σ t = 0.24 / E GeV 2 + 0.4 ns .
