0000000000373562

AUTHOR

D. Bucher

showing 5 related works from this author

The ALICE Transition Radiation Detector: Construction, operation, and performance

2018

The Transition Radiation Detector (TRD) was designed and built to enhance the capabilities of the ALICE detector at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). While aimed at providing electron identification and triggering, the TRD also contributes significantly to the track reconstruction and calibration in the central barrel of ALICE. In this paper the design, construction, operation, and performance of this detector are discussed. A pion rejection factor of up to 410 is achieved at a momentum of 1 GeV/$c$ in p-Pb collisions and the resolution at high transverse momentum improves by about 40% when including the TRD information in track reconstruction. The triggering capability is demonstrated both …

Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors:Kjerne- og elementærpartikkelfysikk: 431 [VDP]TRPhysics::Instrumentation and DetectorsCOLLIDING BEAM EXPERIMENT; ELECTRON IDENTIFICATION; DRIFT CHAMBERS; TRD PROTOTYPES; ENERGY-LOSS; GEV/C; COLLISIONS; PIONSparticle identification [electron]Ionisation energy loTracking (particle physics)Transition radiation detector ; Multi-wire proportional drift chamber ; Fibre/foam sandwich radiator ; Xenon-based gas mixture ; Tracking ; Ionisation energy loss ; dE/dx ; TR ; Electron-pion identification ; Neural network ; Trigger01 natural sciencesParticle identificationdesign [detector]ALICEDetectors and Experimental Techniquesmomentum resolutionNuclear Experimentphysics.ins-detInstrumentationPhysicsPROTOTYPESLarge Hadron Collidertransition radiation detector; multi-wire proportional drift chamber;; fibre/foam sandwich radiator; Xenon-based gas mixture; tracking;; Ionisation energy loss; dE/dx; TR; electron-pion identification; Neural; network; trigger; COLLIDING BEAM EXPERIMENT; ELECTRON IDENTIFICATION; DRIFT CHAMBERS; TRD; PROTOTYPES; ENERGY-LOSS; GEV/C; COLLISIONS; PIONStrack data analysisTrackingPIONSDetectorVDP::Kjerne- og elementærpartikkelfysikk: 431Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)trackingtransition radiation detector:Mathematics and natural scienses: 400::Physics: 430::Nuclear and elementary particle physics: 431 [VDP]ddc:PRIRODNE ZNANOSTI. Fizika.Xenon-based gas mixtureTransition radiation detector:Nuclear and elementary particle physics: 431 [VDP]VDP::Nuclear and elementary particle physics: 431GEV/Cmulti-wire proportional drift chamberperformanceParticle physicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsCOLLISIONSelectron-pion identificationneural networkInstrumentationFOS: Physical sciencesTransition radiation detector; Multi-wire proportional drift chamber; Fibre/foam sandwich radiator; Xenon-based gas mixture; Tracking; Ionisation energy loss; dE/dx; TR; Electron-pion identification; Neural network; Trigger114 Physical sciencesMomentumNuclear physicsionisation energy loss0103 physical sciencesdE/dxDRIFT CHAMBERSdE/dx Electron-pion identification Fibre/foam sandwich radiator Ionisation energy loss Multi-wire proportional drift chamber Neural network TR Tracking Transition radiation detector Trigger Xenon-based gas mixture Nuclear and High Energy Physics Instrumentation.ddc:530[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det]seuranta010306 general physicsdetector: designNuclear and High Energy PhysicNeuralCOLLIDING BEAM EXPERIMENTTRD PROTOTYPESelectron: particle identificationta114010308 nuclear & particles physics:Matematikk og naturvitenskap: 400::Fysikk: 430::Kjerne- og elementærpartikkelfysikk: 431 [VDP]fibre/foam sandwich radiatortriggercalibrationNATURAL SCIENCES. Physics.Neural networkdE/dx; Electron-pion identification; Fibre/foam sandwich radiator; Ionisation energy loss; Multi-wire proportional drift chamber; Neural network; TR; Tracking; Transition radiation detector; Trigger; Xenon-based gas mixtureTriggerdE/dx; Electron-pion identification; Fibre/foam sandwich radiator; Ionisation energy loss; Multi-wire proportional drift chamber; Neural network; TR; Tracking; Transition radiation detector; Trigger; Xenon-based gas mixture; Nuclear and High Energy Physics; InstrumentationnetworkELECTRON IDENTIFICATIONTRDHigh Energy Physics::ExperimentALICE (propellant)ENERGY-LOSSNuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
researchProduct

Production ofωmesons inp+p,d+ Au, Cu + Cu, and Au + Au collisions atsNN=200GeV

2011

The PHENIX experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider has measured omega meson production via leptonic and hadronic decay channels in p + p, d + Au, Cu+ Cu, and Au + Au collisions at root s(NN) = 200 GeV. The invariant transverse momentum spectra measured in different decay modes give consistent results. Measurements in the hadronic decay channel in Cu Cu and Au + Au collisions show that. production has a suppression pattern at high transverse momentum, similar to that of pi(0) and eta in central collisions, but no suppression is observed in peripheral collisions. The nuclear modification factors, R-AA, are consistent in Cu + Cu and Au + Au collisions at similar numbers of participan…

PhysicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsQuantitative Biology::Neurons and CognitionMeson010308 nuclear & particles physicsNuclear Theorychemistry.chemical_element01 natural sciencesOmegaCopperSpectral lineNuclear physicsDeuteriumchemistry0103 physical sciencesTransverse momentumHigh Energy Physics::ExperimentAtomic physicsNuclear Experiment010306 general physicsNucleonRelativistic Heavy Ion ColliderPhysical Review C
researchProduct

Direct photon production ind+Au collisions atsNN=200GeV

2013

Direct photons have been measured in root s(NN) = 200 GeV d + Au collisions at midrapidity. A wide p(T) range is covered by measurements of nearly real virtual photons (1 < p(T) < 6 GeV/c) and real photons (5 < p(T) < 16 GeV/c). The invariant yield of the direct photons in d + Au collisions over the scaled p + p cross section is consistent with unity. Theoretical calculations assuming standard cold-nuclear-matter effects describe the data well for the entire p(T) range. This indicates that the large enhancement of direct photons observed in Au + Au collisions for 1.0 < p(T) < 2.5 GeV/c is attributable to a source other than the initial-state nuclear effects.

PhysicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsPhoton010308 nuclear & particles physicsVirtual particle01 natural sciences7. Clean energyPhoton yieldNuclear physics0103 physical sciencesAtomic physicsNuclear Experiment010306 general physicsRelativistic Heavy Ion ColliderPhysical Review C
researchProduct

Nuclear modification factors ofϕmesons ind+Au,Cu+Cu, andAu+Aucollisions atsNN=200 GeV

2011

The PHENIX experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider has performed systematic measurements of phi meson production in the K+K- decay channel at midrapidity in p + p, d + Au, Cu + Cu, and Au + Au collisions at root s(NN) = 200 GeV. Results are presented on the phi invariant yield and the nuclear modification factor R-AA for Au + Au and Cu + Cu, and R-dA for d + Au collisions, studied as a function of transverse momentum (1 < p(T) < 7 GeV/c) and centrality. In central and midcentral Au + Au collisions, the R-AA of phi exhibits a suppression relative to expectations from binary scaled p + p results. The amount of suppression is smaller than that of the pi(0) and the. in the intermediat…

PhysicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsValence (chemistry)MesonProton010308 nuclear & particles physicsHadronPhi meson01 natural sciences7. Clean energyBaryonNuclear physicsAntiproton0103 physical sciencesAtomic physicsNuclear Experiment010306 general physicsRelativistic Heavy Ion ColliderPhysical Review C
researchProduct

The ALICE experiment at the CERN LHC

2008

Journal of Instrumentation 3(08), S08002 (2008). doi:10.1088/1748-0221/3/08/S08002

visible and IR photonsLiquid detectorshigh energyPhotonPhysics::Instrumentation and DetectorsTransition radiation detectorsTiming detectors01 natural sciencesOverall mechanics designParticle identificationSoftware architecturesParticle identification methodsGaseous detectorscluster findingDetector cooling and thermo-stabilizationDetector groundingParticle tracking detectors[PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex]Special cablesDetector alignment and calibration methodsDetectors and Experimental TechniquesNuclear ExperimentVoltage distributions.Photon detectors for UVInstrumentationMathematical PhysicsQuantum chromodynamicsPhysicsLarge Hadron ColliderSpectrometersPhysicsDetectorcalibration and fitting methodsTransition radiation detectorScintillatorsData processing methodsAnalysis and statistical methodsData reduction methodsParticle physicsCherenkov and transition radiationTime projection chambers610dE/dx detectorsNuclear physicsCalorimetersPattern recognitionGamma detectors0103 physical sciencesddc:610Solid state detectors010306 general physicsMuonInstrumentation for heavy-ion acceleratorsSpectrometerLarge detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics010308 nuclear & particles physicsCERN; LHC; ALICE; heavy ion; QGPCherenkov detectorsComputingVoltage distributionsManufacturingscintillation and light emission processesanalysis and statistical methods; calorimeters; cherenkov and transition radiation; cherenkov detectors; computing; data processing methods; data reduction methods; de/dx detectors; detector alignment and calibration methods; detector cooling and thermo-stabilization; detector design and construction technologies and materials; detector grounding; gamma detectors; gaseous detectors; instrumentation for heavy-ion accelerators; instrumentation for particle accelerators and storage rings - high energy; large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics; liquid detectors; manufacturing; overall mechanics design; particle identification methods; particle tracking detectors; pattern recognition; cluster finding; calibration and fitting methods; photon detectors for uv; visible and ir photons; scintillators; scintillation and light emission processes; simulation methods and programs; software architectures; solid state detectors; special cables; spectrometers; time projection chambers; timing detectors; transition radiation detectors; voltage distributionsInstrumentation for particle accelerators and storage ringsInstrumentation; Mathematical PhysicsHigh Energy Physics::ExperimentSimulation methods and programsDetector design and construction technologies and materials
researchProduct