A STUDY OF THE ENERGY-DEPENDENCE OF THE MEAN, TRUNCATED MEAN, AND MOST PROBABLE ENERGY DEPOSITION OF HIGH-ENERGY MUONS IN SAMPLING CALORIMETERS

Authors
AUCHINCLOSS PS DEBARBARO P BODEK A BUDD H PILLAI M QUN F SAKUMOTO WK MERRITT FS OREGLIA MJ SCHUMM B BOLTON T ARROYO C BACHMANN KT BAZARKO AO BLAIR RE FOUDAS C KING BJ LEFMANN WC LEUNG WC MISHRA SR OLTMAN E QUINTAS PZ RABINOWITZ SA SCIULLI F SELIGMAN WG SHAEVITZ MH BERNSTEIN RH BORCHERDING F FISK HE LAMM M MARSH W MERRITT KWB SCHELLMAN H YOVANOVITCH D KINNEL TS SANDLER P SMITH WH
Citation
Ps. Auchincloss et al., A STUDY OF THE ENERGY-DEPENDENCE OF THE MEAN, TRUNCATED MEAN, AND MOST PROBABLE ENERGY DEPOSITION OF HIGH-ENERGY MUONS IN SAMPLING CALORIMETERS, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 343(2-3), 1994, pp. 463-469
Citations number
6
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
343
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
463 - 469
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1994)343:2-3<463:ASOTEO>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
We have extracted the momentum dependence of the mean, the truncated m ean and the most probable value of the energy deposited in a segmented , iron-scintillator, hadron calorimeter by high-energy muons. Data wer e drawn from a sample of momentum-analyzed, high-energy muons produced in charged-current neutrino interactions. The truncated mean energy d eposition of high-energy muons traversing 20 calorimeter segments incr eases by approximately 16% per 100 GeV/c increase in muon momentum ove r the range 25-125 GeV/c; the most probable energy deposition increase s by approximately 7%. These results are important for experiments at high-energy colliders (e.g., Tevatron, SSC and LHC) which use the dE/d x of high-energy muons to calibrate the response of electromagnetic an d hadron calorimeters with tower geometry. The data are in qualitative agreement with GEANT3 (v3.15/308a) simulations.