The ALICE transition radiation detector: Construction, operation, and performance

ALICE Collaboration

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2017.09.028

The ALICE transition radiation detector: Construction, operation, and performance

ALICE Collaboration

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Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre
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Czech Academy of Sciences
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
University of Lund
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Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
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Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
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A. Alikhanian Yerevan Institute of Physics
Tokyo University
Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science
Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
Centro de Investigación y de Estudios AVanzados (CINVESTAV)
Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
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Sejong University
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Suranaree University of Technology
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China Institute of Atomic Energy
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Indonesian Institute of Sciences
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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 for jet, light nuclei, and electron selection.

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Páginas (desde-hasta)	88-127
Número de páginas	40
Publicación	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volumen	881
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2017.09.028
Estado	Publicada - 11 feb. 2018

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