The HeRSCheL detector: high-rapidity shower counters for LHCb

Authors :: Akiba, K. Carvalho
Alessio, F.
Bondar, N.
Byczynski, W.
Coco, V.
Collins, P.
Dumps, R.
Dzhelyadin, R.
Gandini, P.
Cazon, B. R. Gruberg
Jacobsson, R.
Johnson, D.
Manthey, J.
Mauricio, J.
McNulty, R.
Monteil, S.
Rachwal, B.
Salzgeber, M. Ravonel
Roy, L.
Schindler, H.
Stevenson, S.
Wilkinson, G.
Source :: JINST 13 (2018) no.04, P04017
Publication Year :: 2018
Abstract: The HeRSCheL detector consists of a set of scintillating counters, designed to increase the coverage of the LHCb experiment in the high-rapidity regions on either side of the main spectrometer. The new detector improves the capabilities of LHCb for studies of diffractive interactions, most notably Central Exclusive Production. In this paper the construction, installation, commissioning, and performance of HeRSCheL are presented.<br />Comment: New version to match published text. All figures and tables, along with any supplementary material and additional information, are available at https://lhcbproject.web.cern.ch/lhcbproject/Publications/LHCbProjectPublic/LHCb-DP-2016-003.html