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Characterisation of different stages of hadronic showers using the CALICE Si-W ECAL physics prototype

  • CALICE collaboration
  • Institute of Physics
  • University of Bergen
  • School of Physics and Astronomy
  • University of Birmingham
  • Department of Physics
  • Kyungpook National University
  • Department of Physics
  • Northern Illinois University
  • Research Center for Advanced Particle Physics and Department of Physics
  • Kyushu University
  • European Organization for Nuclear Research
  • LTHE (UMR 5564 CNRS/IRD/Université de Grenoble)
  • c/o DESY
  • Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences
  • I. Institute of Theoretical Physics
  • Universität Hamburg
  • Department of Physics and Astronomy
  • University of Kansas
  • Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT)

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Abstract

A detailed investigation of hadronic interactions is performed using π−-mesons with energies in the range 2–10 GeV incident on a high granularity silicon–tungsten electromagnetic calorimeter. The data were recorded at FNAL in 2008. The region in which the π−-mesons interact with the detector material and the produced secondary particles are characterised using a novel track-finding algorithm that reconstructs tracks within hadronic showers in a calorimeter in the absence of a magnetic field. The principle of carrying out detector monitoring and calibration using secondary tracks is also demonstrated.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)41-52
Number of pages12
JournalNuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume937
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2019

Keywords

  • Calorimeters
  • hadronic showers
  • high-granularity
  • silicon–tungsten

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