IDENTIFICATION OF PIONS AND ELECTRONS IN A HADRON CALORIMETER

Authors
GAVRISHCHUK OP EREMEEV RV KADYKOV MG SEMENOV BV SEMENOV VK SHALYGIN AB YUKAEV AN
Citation
Op. Gavrishchuk et al., IDENTIFICATION OF PIONS AND ELECTRONS IN A HADRON CALORIMETER, Instruments and experimental techniques, 37(3), 1994, pp. 278-282
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Instument & Instrumentation",Engineering
Journal title
Instruments and experimental techniques → ACNP
ISSN journal
00204412
Volume
37
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Part
1
Pages
278 - 282
Database
ISI
SICI code
0020-4412(1994)37:3<278:IOPAEI>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
The possibility of separating hadrons and electrons in a hadron sampli ng calorimeter by the shape of the transverse energy release distribut ion was studied. The profile width and its shape as functions of the p osition of the shower axis in the cell and of the particle type and en ergy are analyzed. Selection by shower width reduced the electron dete ction efficiency to approximately 10(-2) at a 90% detection efficiency of pi(-)-mesons. A similar separation is achieved in the detection of electrons with the rejection of hadrons.