Title :
Measurements of lead tungstate crystals behaviour under irradiation for the CMS electromagnetic calorimeter at the LHC
Author :
Nessi-Tedaldi, Francesca
Author_Institution :
Eidgenossische Tech. Hochschule, Zurich, Switzerland
Abstract :
Lead tungstate crystals will be used as calorimetric medium in high energy physics at CERN, in a particularly hostile radiation environment. Methods of testing their behaviour under irradiation are discussed here and are illustrated by some R&D results
Keywords :
gamma-ray detection; gamma-ray effects; lead compounds; particle calorimetry; solid scintillation detectors; CERN; CMS electromagnetic calorimeter; LHC; PbWO3; high energy physics; Collision mitigation; Crystals; Detectors; Electromagnetic measurements; Electromagnetic radiation; Energy measurement; Face detection; Large Hadron Collider; Particle measurements; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Radiation and Its Effects on Components and Systems, 1999. RADECS 99. 1999 Fifth European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Fontevraud
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5726-4
DOI :
10.1109/RADECS.1999.858585
