• DocumentCode
    847884
  • Title

    A Monte Carlo Simulation of an Actual Segmented Calorimeter: A Study of Calorimeter Performance at High Energies

  • Author

    Goodman, M.S. ; Sessoms, A.L. ; Gabriel, T.A. ; Bishop, B.L. ; Eisenstein, B. ; Wright, S.C. ; Kephart, R.D.

  • Author_Institution
    High Energy Physics Laboratory Harvard University Cambridge, Mass. 02138
  • Volume
    27
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1980
  • Firstpage
    46
  • Lastpage
    53
  • Abstract
    The computer code system CALOR has been used to simulate data taken with a large segmented liquid argon/iron calorimeter at Fermilab. The resulting energy and angular distributions along with the longitudinal and transverse shower shapes are compared to experimental data in the range 1-38 GeV. Results are presented extending the Monte Carlo simulations to 125 GeV. The energy resolution of an incident hadron can be determined with a resolution ¿E/E = (7.6 + 29.2/¿E)% and its direction with a resolution of ¿(¿) = 22.7 + 390/E) mrad (where E is in GeV).
  • Keywords
    Argon; Costs; Energy resolution; Instruments; Laboratories; Mesons; Monte Carlo methods; Sampling methods; Structural beams; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.1980.4330800
  • Filename
    4330800