Tail Catcher Muon Tracker For The CALICE Test Beam
- Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115 (United States)
Results on the construction and commissioning of the CALICE Tail-catcher/Muon Tracker (TCMT) are presented. The {approx}1 m3 prototype uses extruded scintillating strips mated to silicon-photomultipliers and is located behind the CALICE hadron calorimeter. The TCMT will provide a snapshot of the tail end of hadron showers, which is crucial to the validation of hadronic Monte Carlo. It will also serve as a prototype muon system for any Linear Collider Detector (ILC) and will facilitate studies of muon tracking and identification within the particle flow reconstruction framework. Additionally, the TCMT will provide valuable practical experience with hadronic leakage and punch-through from thin calorimeters, as are envisaged for the ILC detector, and the impact of the coil in correcting for this leakage.
- OSTI ID:
- 20891916
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 867, Issue 1; Conference: 12. international conference on calorimetry in high energy physics, Chicago, IL (United States), 5-9 Jun 2006; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2397001; (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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