STUDY OF BEAM-INDUCED PARTICLE BACKGROUNDS AT THE LEP DETECTORS

Authors
VONHOLTEY G BALL AH BRAMBILLA E BURKHARDT H ESTABROOKS P HARRIS FJ LUTTERS G ROTHBERG J ROUDEAU P SIEGRIST P WEAR J WEBER P VALLAZZA E
Citation
G. Vonholtey et al., STUDY OF BEAM-INDUCED PARTICLE BACKGROUNDS AT THE LEP DETECTORS, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 403(2-3), 1998, pp. 205-246
Citations number
58
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
403
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
205 - 246
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1998)403:2-3<205:SOBPBA>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Synchrotron radiation photons and off-energy electrons which contribut e to backgrounds in the LEP experiments have been simulated. A multi-f aceted background protection system has been designed and installed wh ich permits the experiments to take data under very clean conditions, The backgrounds measured at LEP1 are in good agreement with calculatio ns. Simulations and studies have led to a design of enhanced backgroun d protection for LEP2 where far more severe photon background is expec ted. Detector sensitivity to backgrounds and monitor systems are descr ibed. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.