Abstract

We present performance studies of a full-length prototype for the CASTOR quartz-tungsten sampling calorimeter, installed in the very forward region of the CMS experiment at the LHC. The response linearity and energy resolution, the uniformity, as well as the showers’ spatial properties in the prototype have been studied with electrons, pions and muons of various energies. A special study was also carried out for testing the light-output with a 90-degree cut of the quartz plates of the calorimeter. The data were taken during the CASTOR test beam at CERN/SPS in 2007.

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Title
Performance studies of a full-length prototype for the CASTOR forward calorimeter at the CMS experiment
Author
Andreev, V 1 ; Aslanoglou, X 2 ; Azman, A 3 ; Bakirci, M N 3 ; Başeğmez, S 3 ; Beaumont, W 4 ; Blocki, J 5 ; Borras, K 6 ; Campbell, A 6 ; Çerçi, S 3 ; D d’Enterria 7 ; de Silva, M 7 ; Dumanoğlu, I 3 ; Erturk, S 3 ; Eskut, E 3 ; Ershov, Y 8 ; Göttlicher, P 6 ; Gouskos, L 9 ; Onengut, G 3 ; Gusev, Y 10 ; Jung, H 6 ; Katkov, I 11 ; Katsas, P 9 ; Khein, L 11 ; Kisoglu, F 3 ; Knutsson, A 6 ; Kuleshov, S 12 ; Kuznetsov, A 8 ; Lebeau, M 9 ; McCauley, T 13 ; Muhl, C 6 ; Musienko, Y 14 ; Ochesanu, S 4 ; Oroku, M 7 ; Ozdemir, K 3 ; Ozturk, S 3 ; Panagiotou, A D 9 ; Reucroft, S 13 ; Ripert, M 4 ; Shileev, K 15 ; Sogut, K 16 ; Swain, J 13 ; Tiflov, V 15 ; Kayis-Topaksu, A 3 ; H Van Haevermaet 4 ; P Van Mechelen 4 ; de Wolf, E 4 

1  P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia 
2  Dept. of Phys., University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece 
3  Dept. of Phys., University of Cukurova, Adana, Turkey 
4  Dept. of Phys., Antwerp University, Antwerpen, Belgium 
5  Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kraków, Poland 
6  DESY, Hamburg, Germany 
7  PH Dept., CERN, Geneva 23, Switzerland 
8  Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia 
9  Phys. Dept., University of Athens, Athens, Greece 
10  Institute for High Energy Physics, Moscow, Russia 
11  Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia; DESY, Hamburg, Germany 
12  ITEP Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow, Russia 
13  Dept. of Physics, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA 
14  Dept. of Physics, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA; Institute for Nuclear Research, Moscow, Russia 
15  Institute for Nuclear Research, Moscow, Russia 
16  Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey; Dept. of Phys., University of Cukurova, Adana, Turkey 
Pages
601-615
Publication year
2010
Publication date
Jun 2010
Publisher
Springer Nature B.V.
ISSN
14346044
e-ISSN
14346052
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-010-1316-4
ProQuest document ID
2294079818
Copyright
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