TY - JOUR
T1 - Status of the construction and performances of the neutron Zero Degree Calorimeters of the ALICE experiment
AU - Siddi, E.
AU - Arnaldi, R.
AU - Chiavassa, E.
AU - Cicaló, C.
AU - Cortese, P.
AU - De Falco, A.
AU - Dellacasa, G.
AU - De Marco, N.
AU - Ferretti, A.
AU - Gallio, M.
AU - Masoni, A.
AU - Mereu, P.
AU - Musso, A.
AU - Oppedisano, C.
AU - Piccotti, A.
AU - Puddu, G.
AU - Scomparin, E.
AU - Serci, S.
AU - Travaglia, G.
AU - Usai, G.
AU - Vercellin, E.
PY - 2004/12/11
Y1 - 2004/12/11
N2 - The details of the construction of the neutron Zero Degree Calorimeters (ZN) of the ALICE Experiment, as well as their performances, will be presented. These spaghetti calorimeters will measure the energy lost by spectator nucleons in heavy-ion collisions. They are made of an absorber (tungsten alloy) filled with silica fibers, in which the charged particles of the shower produce Cherenkov light. The final neutron calorimeters have been built and their performances studied at the CERN SPS using pion and positron beams with momentum ranging from 50 to 150 GeV/c. The main features like linearity of the response and resolution as a function of energy will be presented.
AB - The details of the construction of the neutron Zero Degree Calorimeters (ZN) of the ALICE Experiment, as well as their performances, will be presented. These spaghetti calorimeters will measure the energy lost by spectator nucleons in heavy-ion collisions. They are made of an absorber (tungsten alloy) filled with silica fibers, in which the charged particles of the shower produce Cherenkov light. The final neutron calorimeters have been built and their performances studied at the CERN SPS using pion and positron beams with momentum ranging from 50 to 150 GeV/c. The main features like linearity of the response and resolution as a function of energy will be presented.
KW - Quartz optical fibers
KW - Radiation hardness
KW - Sampling calorimeters
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=9544251396&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S0168-9002(04)01709-7
DO - 10.1016/S0168-9002(04)01709-7
M3 - Conference article
SN - 0168-9002
VL - 535
SP - 472
EP - 476
JO - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
JF - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
IS - 1-2
T2 - Proceedings of the 10th International Viennna Conference
Y2 - 16 February 2004 through 21 February 2004
ER -