2010
DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-010-1316-4
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Performance studies of a full-length prototype for the CASTOR forward calorimeter at the CMS experiment

Abstract: We present performance studies of a full-length prototype for the CASTOR quartz-tungsten sampling calorimeter, installed in the very forward region of the CMS experiment at the LHC. The response linearity and energy resolution, the uniformity, as well as the showers' spatial properties in the prototype have been studied with electrons, pions and muons of various energies. A special study was also carried out for testing the light-output with a 90-degree cut of the quartz plates of the calorimeter. The data wer… Show more

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“…Of similar importance is the measurement of the energy flow and particle spectra in the forward range |η| = 5 -10 [30]. This is an angular range that has been historically very difficult to access in collider experiments but that is partially covered by various detectors at the LHC such as TOTEM [21] and CASTOR (CMS) [31]. Preliminary results of the energy flow in the |η| = 3 -5 range indicate a good data-model agreement at √ s = 0.9 and 7 TeV [32] (Fig.…”
Section: Forward Energy Flowmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Of similar importance is the measurement of the energy flow and particle spectra in the forward range |η| = 5 -10 [30]. This is an angular range that has been historically very difficult to access in collider experiments but that is partially covered by various detectors at the LHC such as TOTEM [21] and CASTOR (CMS) [31]. Preliminary results of the energy flow in the |η| = 3 -5 range indicate a good data-model agreement at √ s = 0.9 and 7 TeV [32] (Fig.…”
Section: Forward Energy Flowmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Each wedge is subdivided into 13 segments in η, called towers. The very forward angles are covered at one end of CMS (−6.6 < η < −5.2) by the CASTOR calorimeter [24]. This detector, consisting of tungsten absorbers and quartz detection planes, is segmented in 16 φ-sectors and into 2 electromagnetic and 12 hadronic modules along the beam line, corresponding to a total of 224 cells.…”
Section: The Cms Detectormentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The azimuthal segmentation ∆φ of all towers is 10 • , except for the ones at highest-|η|, which have ∆φ = 20 • . More forward angles, −6.6 < η < −5.2, are covered by the CASTOR calorimeter [35], which is located only on the negative z-side of CMS, at 14.37 m from the IP. The calorimeter is segmented in 16 φ-sectors and 14 z-modules, corresponding to a total of 224 cells.…”
Section: The Cms Detectormentioning
confidence: 99%