34 research outputs found
Model of CMS Tracker
No full textA full scale CMS tracker mock-up exposed temporarily in the hall of building 40. The purpose of the mock-up is to study the routing of services, assembly and installation. The people in front are only a small fraction of the CMS tracker collaboration. Left to right : M. Atac, R. Castaldi, H. Breuker, D. Pandoulas,P. Petagna, A. Caner, A. Carraro, H. Postema, M. Oriunno, S. da Mota Silva, L. Van Lancker, W. Glessing, G. Benefice, A. Onnela, M. Gaspar, G. M. Bile
Test results and conditioning procedure of a limited streamer-tube calorimeter
No full textThe CHARM II Collaboration has built a massive, fine-grained calorimeter for the study of the elastic scattering {A figure is presented} short description of the detector will be followed by the presentation of some results obtained by exposing 40 of the 441 planes of the calorimeter to a beam of electrons and pions. Comments will be given about the conditioning procedure followed for the 154560 limited streamer tubes which compose the active part of the calorimeter
Test results of the streamer-tube system of the CHARM II neutrino detector
No full textThe CHARM II Collaboration is building a massive, fine-grained and low-density detector for the study of neutrino-electron scattering. Its target calorimeter consists of 441 detector planes with 155 232 plastic streamer tubes with digital readout of the wires and analog readout of external pickup strips. At the time of this report, about 25% of the calorimeter planes were equipped with electronics. Results on the performance of these tubes are presented as obtained with cosmic-rays and with electron and pion beams. We have also investigated the use of water vapour as an additive to the gas to suppress coating of the anode wires. The use of water would be of particular importance when using the tubes in a high-rate environment
R & D for the CMS silicon tracker
No full textThe CMS silicon tracker, consisting of about 70 m/sup 2/ of silicon microstrip devices, has to be operated for at least 10 years in a harsh radiation environment. The main implications of this environment on the detector design are summarized and an overview of the expected performance is given. (2 refs)
The R & D program for silicon detectors in CMS
No full textThis paper describes the main achievements in the development of radiation resistant silicon detectors to be used in the CMS tracker. After a general description of the basic requirements for the operation of large semiconductor systems in the LHC environment, the issue of radiation resistance is discussed in detail. Advantages and disadvantages of the different technological options are presented for comparison. Laboratory measurements and test beam data are used to check the performance of several series of prototypes fabricated by different companies. The expected performance of the final detector modules are presented together with preliminary test beam results on system prototypes. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved
The CMS silicon tracker at LHC
No full textThe paper describes the Silicon Tracking System of the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment that is foreseen to collect events from p-p collision at the E-cm = 14 TeV at the CERN future Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The proposed system consists of four layers of silicon microstrip detectors placed between the two inner layers of the pixel detector and the outer microstrip gas chamber system. The barrel part covers the eta region up to 1.8, instrumenting the central radial region between 20 and 50 cm. The forward-backward disks extend the coverage up to eta = 2.6. This paper will review the main characteristics and performances of the system, the actual status of the R&D activities that we are carrying on, and the status of the milestones we have to fulfill in view of the Technical Design Report expected at the end of the year. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved
Optimization of the silicon sensors for the CMS tracker
No full textThe CMS experiment at the LHC will comprise a large silicon strip tracker. This article highlights some of the results obtained in the R&D studies for the optimization of its silicon sensors. Measurements of the capacitances and of the high voltage stability of the devices are presented before and after irradiation to the dose expected after the full lifetime of the tracker. (7 refs)
TEST-RESULTS AND CONDITIONING PROCEDURE OF A LIMITED STREAMER-TUBE CALORIMETER
No full textThe CHARM II Collaboration has built a massive, fine-grained calorimeter for the study of the elastic scattering short description of the detector will be followed by the presentation of some results obtained by exposing 40 of the 441 planes of the calorimeter to a beam of electrons and pions. Comments will be given about the conditioning procedure followed for the 154560 limited streamer tubes which compose the active part of the calorimeter
Test results of heavily irradiated Si detectors
No full textA large use of silicon microstrip detectors is foreseen for the intermediate part of the CMS tracker. A specific research and development program has been carried out with the aim of finding design layouts and technological solutions for allowing silicon microstrip detectors to be reliably used on a high radiation level environment. As a result of this work single sided, AC-coupled, polysilicon biased, 300 mu m thick, p(+) on n substrate detectors were chosen. Irradiation tests have been performed on prototypes up to fluence 2 x 10(14) n/cm(2). The detector performances do not significantly change if the detectors are biased well above the depletion voltage. S/N is reduced by less than 20%, still enough to insure a good efficiency and space resolution. Multiguard structures has been developed in order to reach high voltage operation (above 500 V). (C) 1999 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved
