• DocumentCode
    340488
  • Title

    Construction and initial beam tests of the ATLAS tungsten forward calorimeter

  • Author

    Armitage, J. ; Babukhadian, L. ; Dixit, M. ; Donkers, M. ; Embry, T. ; Gravelle, P. ; Hamm, J. ; Kamnitzer, J. ; Khan, N. ; Khovanskii, V. ; Kookbeck, D. ; Loch, P. ; Losty, M. ; Mazini, R. ; Mayer, J.K. ; O´Neill, M. ; Oakham, F.G. ; Orr, R.S. ; Paterson

  • Author_Institution
    Carleton Univ., Ottawa, Ont., Canada
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    1998
  • Firstpage
    4
  • Abstract
    Due to the severe radiation environment, the ATLAS experiment has chosen a compact tungsten/liquid argon forward hadronic calorimeter. The electrode design is unique and consists of hexagonally packed, tubular, thin gap electrodes running parallel to the beam direction. We describe the design criteria, the novel construction methods based on sintered tungsten components, and initial high energy beam tests at CERN
  • Keywords
    calorimeters; electrodes; liquid scintillation detectors; position sensitive particle detectors; ATLAS; Ar; W; forward calorimeter; forward hadronic calorimeter; high energy beam tests; liquid Ar; sintered W; thin gap electrodes; Argon; Copper; Electrodes; Energy measurement; Physics; Plugs; Position measurement; Structural beams; Testing; Tungsten;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Nuclear Science Symposium, 1998. Conference Record. 1998 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Toronto, Ont.
  • ISSN
    1082-3654
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5021-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/NSSMIC.1998.774786
  • Filename
    774786