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Electron identification with a prototype of the Transition Radiation Tracker for the ATLAS experiment

Authors :
D. R. Rust
S. Jagielski
Helena Danielsson
B. Kisielewski
Torsten Paul Ake Åkesson
M. Thulesius
V.V. Sosnovtsev
P. Nevski
G. G. Hanson
Fridolin Dittus
S Semenov
D. H. Saxon
B. Lundberg
Reinhard W. Schulte
K Commichau
N. Dressnandt
W. L. Ebenstein
H. O. Ogren
H. H. Williams
A. Nadtochy
M. Holder
S.P. Konovalov
V. G. Bondarenko
Serge Smirnov
Jolanta Olszowska
P. Malecki
F. Luehring
S. Pavlenko
V.G Ivochkin
Daniel Froidevaux
P. T. Keener
M Stavrianakou
A. Konstantinov
Seog Oh
Vladimir Peshekhonov
V. Ryjov
R Nuennerich
P. Farthouat
R. Van Berg
E. Spiridenkov
C. Wang
Igor Gavrilenko
Y Lutsch
V. Bytchkov
Anatoli Romaniouk
S. Muraviev
V. O. Tikhomirov
B. A. Dolgoshein
B. Dulny
A. Antonov
Lidia Smirnova
P. Lichard
J. Fent
H. Carling
M Söderberg
P. R. Norton
Robert Richter
Viktor Kramarenko
D.J. White
Valery Schegelsky
Ulrik Egede
S. Jaroslawski
F. M. Newcomer
Alevtina Shmeleva
Source :
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 412:200-215
Publication Year :
1998
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 1998.

Abstract

A prototype of the Transition Radiation Tracker (TRT) for the ATLAS detector at the LHC has been built and tested. The TRT is an array of straw tubes which integrate tracking and electron identification by transition radiation into one device. Results of experimental measurements and of comparisons with Monte-Carlo simulations are presented for the electron identification performance as a function of various detector parameters. Under optimal operating conditions, a rejection against pions of a factor 100 was achieved with 90% electron efficiency.

Details

ISSN :
01689002
Volume :
412
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....74f7721c0ebea675ea1c9fb81c5e81b7