STUDY OF A POSSIBLE SCINTILLATING-FIBER TRACKER AT THE LHC AND TESTS OF SCINTILLATING FIBERS

Authors
AUTIERO D CAMARRI P CARDINI A CAVASINNI V DELPRETE T DIGIROLAMO B FLAMINIO V IACOPINI E GORIN A MANUILOV I
Citation
D. Autiero et al., STUDY OF A POSSIBLE SCINTILLATING-FIBER TRACKER AT THE LHC AND TESTS OF SCINTILLATING FIBERS, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 336(3), 1993, pp. 521-532
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
336
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
521 - 532
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1993)336:3<521:SOAPST>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
We present a possible scheme for a scintillating fibre tracker that co uld be used at the LHC in the central pseudorapidity region. The exper imental environment at the LHC was simulated in detail by a Monte Carl o program using the GEANT package. We shall discuss the expected perfo rmance of the proposed tracker, mainly for electron identification. We also report on the results of laboratory measurements of scintillatin g fibre characteristics: we measured the time response, the light yiel d, the attenuation length and the light propagation speed in individua l fibres, looking for the best candidates for the LHC.