Study of the response of ATLAS electromagnetic liquid argon calorimeters to muons

Journal Article · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2009 · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A

OSTI ID:1040215

Schwemling, P; Lanni, F; Aharrouche, M; Colas, J; Di Ciaccio, L; El Kacimi, M; Gaumer, O; Gouanere, M; Goujdami, D; Lafaye, R; Laplace, S; Le Maner, C; Neukermans, L; Perrodo, P; Poggioli, L; Prieur, D; Przysiezniak, H; Sauvage, G; Wingerter-Seez, I; Zitoun, R ; Lanni, F; Ma, H; Rajagopalan, S; Rescia, S; Takai, H; Belymam, A; Benchekroun, D; Hakimi, M; Hoummada, A; Gao, Y; Lu, L; Stroynowski, R; Aleksa, M; Carli, T; Fassnacht, P; Gianotti, F; Hervas, L; Lampl, W; Collot, J; Hostachy, J Y; Ledroit-Guillon, F; Malek, F; Martin, P; Viret, S; Leltchouk, M; Parsons, J A; Simion, S; Barreiro, F; DelPeso, J; Labarga, L; Oliver, C; Rodier, S; Barrillon, P; Djama, F; Hubaut, F; Mangeard, P S; Monnier, E; Niess, V; Pralavorio, P; Resende, B; Sauvage, D; Serfon, C; Tisserant, S; Toth, J; Zhang, H; Banfi, D; Carminati, L; Cavalli, D; Costa, G; Delmastro, M; Fanti, M; Mandelli, L; Mazzanti, M; Tartarelli, G F; Kotov, K; Maslennikov, A; Pospelov, G; Tikhonov, Yu; Bourdarios, C; Fayard, L; Fournier, D; Iconomidou-Fayard, L; Kado, M; Parrour, G; Plamondon, M; Puzo, P; Rousseau, D; Sacco, R; Serin, L; Unal, G; Zerwas, D; Dekhissi, B; Derkaoui, J; El Kharrim, A; Maaroufi, F; Cleland, W; Lacour, D; Laforge, B; Nikolic-Audit, I; Schwemling, Ph; Ghazlane, H; Cherkaoui El Moursli, R; Idrissi Fakhr-Eddine, A; Boonekamp, M; Mansoulie, B; Meyer, P; Schwindling, J; Lund-Jensen, B; Tayalat, Y

The response of the ATLAS electromagnetic calorimeter to muons has been studied in this paper. Results on signal over noise ratio, assessment of the detector response uniformity, and position resolution are presented. The possibility to study fine details of the structure of the detector through its response to muons is illustrated on a specific example. Finally, the performance obtained on muons in test-beam is used to estimate the detector uniformity and time alignment precision that will be reachable after the commissioning of the ATLAS detector with cosmic rays.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE SC OFFICE OF SCIENCE (SC)
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC02-98CH10886
• OSTI ID: 1040215
• Report Number(s): BNL-90639-2009-JA; NIMAER; KA1101020; TRN: US1202354
• Journal Information: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A, Vol. 606, Issue 3; ISSN 0168-9002
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
ACCURACY
ALIGNMENT
ARGON
CALORIMETERS
COMMISSIONING
MUONS
PERFORMANCE
PHYSICS
RESOLUTION
CERN LHC
electromagnetic liquid Argon calorimeters
muons
ATLAS