CALCULATION OF NEUTRON BACKGROUND GENERATED BY VARIOUS BEAM PIPE GEOMETRIES AT LHC

Authors
HUHTINEN M RUBBIA A AARNIO PA
Citation
M. Huhtinen et al., CALCULATION OF NEUTRON BACKGROUND GENERATED BY VARIOUS BEAM PIPE GEOMETRIES AT LHC, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 351(1), 1994, pp. 236-239
Citations number
15
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
351
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
236 - 239
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1994)351:1<236:CONBGB>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
The geometry and transparency of the beam pipe is expected to be refle cted in the radiation background at the LHC experiments. We compare th e neutron background produced by four different beam pipe geometries. As a result of our simulation studies, we argue that a pointing conica l beam pipe is an attractive choice to minimize neutron backgrounds in experiments. This fact remains true even when the horizontal vertex s ource distribution and the presence of a strong magnetic field are inc luded.