A facility for the test of large area muon chambers at high rates

Operation of large area muon detectors at the future Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will be characterized by large sustained hit rates over the whole area, reaching the range of kHz/\scm. We describe a dedicated test zone built at CERN to test the performance and the aging of the muon chambers currentl...

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Autores principales: Agosteo, S, Altieri, S, Belli, G, Bonifas, A, Carabelli, V, Gatignon, L, Hessey, N P, Maggi, M, Peigneux, J P, Reithler, H, Silari, Marco, Vitulo, P, Wegner, M
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2000
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Detectors and Experimental Techniques
Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0168-9002(00)00414-9
http://cds.cern.ch/record/429395
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author Agosteo, S
Altieri, S
Belli, G
Bonifas, A
Carabelli, V
Gatignon, L
Hessey, N P
Maggi, M
Peigneux, J P
Reithler, H
Silari, Marco
Vitulo, P
Wegner, M
author_facet Agosteo, S
Altieri, S
Belli, G
Bonifas, A
Carabelli, V
Gatignon, L
Hessey, N P
Maggi, M
Peigneux, J P
Reithler, H
Silari, Marco
Vitulo, P
Wegner, M
author_sort Agosteo, S
collection CERN
description Operation of large area muon detectors at the future Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will be characterized by large sustained hit rates over the whole area, reaching the range of kHz/\scm. We describe a dedicated test zone built at CERN to test the performance and the aging of the muon chambers currently under development. A radioactive source delivers photons causing the sustained rate of random hits, while a narrow beam of high energy muons is used to directly calibrate the detector performance. A system of remotely controlled lead filters serves to vary the rate of photons over four orders of magnitude, to allow the study of performance as a function of rate.
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spelling cern-4293952023-05-05T13:07:48Zdoi:10.1016/S0168-9002(00)00414-9http://cds.cern.ch/record/429395engAgosteo, SAltieri, SBelli, GBonifas, ACarabelli, VGatignon, LHessey, N PMaggi, MPeigneux, J PReithler, HSilari, MarcoVitulo, PWegner, MA facility for the test of large area muon chambers at high ratesDetectors and Experimental TechniquesOperation of large area muon detectors at the future Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will be characterized by large sustained hit rates over the whole area, reaching the range of kHz/\scm. We describe a dedicated test zone built at CERN to test the performance and the aging of the muon chambers currently under development. A radioactive source delivers photons causing the sustained rate of random hits, while a narrow beam of high energy muons is used to directly calibrate the detector performance. A system of remotely controlled lead filters serves to vary the rate of photons over four orders of magnitude, to allow the study of performance as a function of rate.CERN-EP-2000-031CERN-SL-2000-008-EAoai:cds.cern.ch:4293952000-02-16
spellingShingle Detectors and Experimental Techniques
Agosteo, S
Altieri, S
Belli, G
Bonifas, A
Carabelli, V
Gatignon, L
Hessey, N P
Maggi, M
Peigneux, J P
Reithler, H
Silari, Marco
Vitulo, P
Wegner, M
A facility for the test of large area muon chambers at high rates
title A facility for the test of large area muon chambers at high rates
title_full A facility for the test of large area muon chambers at high rates
title_fullStr A facility for the test of large area muon chambers at high rates
title_full_unstemmed A facility for the test of large area muon chambers at high rates
title_short A facility for the test of large area muon chambers at high rates
title_sort facility for the test of large area muon chambers at high rates
topic Detectors and Experimental Techniques
url https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0168-9002(00)00414-9
http://cds.cern.ch/record/429395
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