Title :
Performance of a prototype CMS hadron barrel calorimeter in a test beam
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Rochester Univ., NY, USA
fDate :
6/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We report on the performance of a prototype CMS Hadron Barrel Calorimeter (HCAL) module in a test beam. The prototype sampling calorimeter used copper absorber plates and scintillator tiles with wavelength shifting fibers for readout. Placing a lead tungstate crystal electromagnetic calorimeter in front of HCAL affects the linearity and energy resolution of the combined system to hadrons. The data are used to optimize the choice of total absorber depth, sampling frequency, and longitudinal readout segmentation
Keywords :
electron detection; meson detection; position sensitive particle detectors; solid scintillation detectors; Cu; PbWO4; copper absorber plates; energy resolution; lead tungstate crystal electromagnetic calorimeter; longitudinal readout segmentation; prototype CMS hadron barrel calorimeter; prototype sampling calorimeter; sampling frequency; scintillator tiles; total absorber depth; wavelength shifting fibers; Collision mitigation; Copper; Electrons; Energy resolution; Linearity; Mesons; Prototypes; Sampling methods; Testing; Tiles;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
