The lead-glass electromagnetic calorimeter for the SELEX experiment

M. Y. Balatz, P. S. Cooper, G. V. Davidenko, A. G. Dolgolenko, G. B. Dzyubenko, A. V. Evdokimov*, I. Giller, Y. M. Goncharenko, A. D. Kamenskii, M. A. Kubantsev, V. F. Kurshetsov, J. Lach, L. G. Landsberg, I. F. Larin, V. A. Matveev, M. A. Moinester, S. B. Nurushev, A. Ocherashvili, J. Russ, V. K. SemyatchkinA. I. Sitnikov, V. Steiner, I. I. Tsukerman, A. N. Vasiliev, D. V. Vavilov, V. S. Verebryusov, V. A. Victorov, V. E. Vishnyakov

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Abstract

A large-acceptance, highly segmented electromagnetic lead-glass calorimeter for Experiment E781 (SELEX) at Fermi National Acceleration Laboratory was designed and built. This detector has been used to reconstruct photons and electrons with energies ranging from a few GeV up to 500 GeV in the collisions of the 600 GeV Σ- hyperons, π mesons and protons with the target nucleons. The design, calibration and performance of the calorimeter are described. Energy resolution and position resolution are assessed using both calibration electron beams and π0 mesons reconstructed in 600 GeV hadron-hadron interactions. The performance of the calorimeter in selecting resonant states that involve photons is demonstrated.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)114-138
Number of pages25
JournalNuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume545
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - 11 Jun 2005

Funding

FundersFunder number
International Science Foundation
Russian Academy of Science
Russian Ministry of Science and Technology
U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation
U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation
National Science Foundation9602178
U.S. Department of EnergyDE-FG02-91ER40664, DE-AC02-76CHO3000
Bloom's Syndrome Foundation
North Atlantic Treaty OrganizationCR6.941058-1360/94
Russian Foundation for Fundamental Investigations
Iowa Science FoundationJ9K100
Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Israel Science Foundation

    Keywords

    • Calorimeter
    • Lead-glass
    • Radiation damage

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