Title :
CMS Drift Tubes system during LHC 2010 operation
Author :
Bedoya, Cristina Fernández
Author_Institution :
CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain
Abstract :
The DT chambers of the CMS experiment are responsible for muon identification, precise momentum measurement and triggering. After several years of installation and commissioning, the DT system has finally been operated under proton-proton and heavy ions collisions in the LHC at CERN during the 2010 campaign. Operation of the detector and its electronics during this period has been outstanding. More than 99% of the system has been fully operational and the downtime has been below 0.1% throughout the whole year. The operation of the trigger and data acquisition systems during this period has been remarkable. The main results summarizing the performance of the DT detector and its electronics with 2010 collision data are presented. Details about chamber and local trigger efficiency, calibration and synchronization are described, showing how well the challenging design goals have been met.
Keywords :
drift chambers; heavy ion-nucleus reactions; muon detection; nuclear electronics; proton-proton inclusive interactions; CERN; CMS drift tube system; CMS experiment; LHC; calibration method; collision data analysis; data acquisition system; drift tube chamber; heavy ion collision; local trigger efficiency; muon identification method; precise momentum measurement method; proton+proton collision; synchronization method; triggering process; Fires; Mesons; Synchronization;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Valencia
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0118-3
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2011.6154325