Title :
Development of W+Si based electromagnetic calorimeter for the upgrade of the LHC-ALICE experiment
Author :
Sekiguchi, Yuta ; Gunji, T. ; Hamagaki, H. ; Hayashi, Shin´ichiro ; Hori, Yoichi
Author_Institution :
Center for Nucl. Study, Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
fDate :
Oct. 27 2012-Nov. 3 2012
Abstract :
A compact W+Si sampling electromagnetic calorimeter is under consideration as one of the upgrade plans for the LHC-ALICE experiment. Prototype of a W+Si pad based calorimeter was built and tested at CERN-PS in 2011. The overall performance of the protoype is reported in this article.
Keywords :
particle calorimetry; position sensitive particle detectors; LHC-ALICE experiment; LHC-ALICE upgrade; compact W+Si sampling electromagnetic calorimeter; heavy ion collisions; strongly interacting QCD medium;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2028-3
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2012.6551432
