Tracking performance of the transition radiation tracker prototype for the ATLAS experiment

被引:8
作者
Akesson, T
Baker, K
Bondarenko, V
Bytchkov, V
Carling, H
Danielsson, H
Dittus, F
Dolgoshein, B
Dressnandt, N
Ebenstein, WL
Eerola, P
Egede, U
Farthouat, P
Froidevaux, D
Gavrilenko, I
Grichkevitch, Y
Hajduk, Z
Hanson, G
Ivochkin, VG
Jagielski, S
Keener, PT
Konovalov, S
Kekelidze, G
Kramarenko, VA
Laritchev, A
Lichard, P
Lundberg, B
Luehring, F
McFarlane, K
Muraviev, S
Nadtochy, A
Nevski, P
Newcomer, FM
Ogren, H
Oh, SH
Peshekhonov, V
Romaniouk, A
Rust, DR
Schegelsky, V
Semenov, S
Shmeleva, A
Smirnov, S
Smirnova, LN
Sosnovtsev, V
Spiridenkov, E
Stavrianakou, M
Thulesius, M
Tikhomirov, V
Van Berg, R
Wang, C
机构
[1] PN Lebedev Inst Phys, Moscow 119991, Russia
[2] Lund Univ, Fysiska Inst, Lund, Sweden
[3] Hampton Univ, Hampton, VA 23668 USA
[4] Moscow Engn & Phys Inst, Moscow, Russia
[5] Joint Inst Nucl Res, Dubna, Russia
[6] CERN, European Lab Particle Phys, Geneva, Switzerland
[7] Univ Penn, Dept Phys & Astronomy, Philadelphia, PA USA
[8] Duke Univ, Dept Phys, Durham, NC USA
[9] Moscow MV Lomonosov State Univ, Inst Nucl Phys, Moscow, Russia
[10] Henryk Niewodniezanski Inst Nucl Phys, Krakow, Poland
[11] Indiana Univ, Bloomington, IN USA
[12] Petersburg Nucl Phys Inst, St Petersburg, Russia
[13] Fac Phys, Krakow, Poland
[14] Nucl Tech Acad Min & Met, Krakow, Poland
关键词
ATLAS; transition radiation; drift-time measurement; tracking; hit registration efficiency; momentum resolution;
D O I
10.1016/S0168-9002(01)02030-7
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
A prototype of the Transition Radiation Tracker (TRT) for the ATLAS experiment at the CERN LHC has been built and tested at the CERN SPS. Detailed studies of the drift-time measurements, alignment technique, hit registration efficiency, track and momentum accuracy were performed. A coordinate measurement accuracy of 150 Pin for a single TRT drift tube and momentum resolution of 0.8% for 20 GeV pions in a 1.56 T magnetic field were achieved. The results obtained are in agreement with the expected tracking performance of the ATLAS TRT. (C) 2001 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.
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页码:298 / 310
页数:13
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