Title :
The electromagnetic calorimeter of the CMS experiment
Author_Institution :
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (I.N.F.N.), Via P. Giuria 1, 10125 Torino, ITALIA
Abstract :
The CMS electromagnetic calorimeter, made of about 76000 Lead Tungstate scintillating crystals, aims to achieve an extreme precision in the energy measurement of photon and electrons. Main challenges, measured performance and commissioning studies for the start up of LHC collider will be discussed.
Keywords :
Collision mitigation; Energy measurement; Large Hadron Collider; Lead; Magnetic fields; Mesons; Nuclear and plasma sciences; Photonic crystals; Physics; Temperature dependence;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2008. NSS '08. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Dresden, Germany
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2714-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1095-7863
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4774930
