The NA49 large acceptance hadron detector

Authors
Afanasiev, S Alber, T Appelshauser, H Bachler, J Barna, D Barnby, LS Bartke, J Barton, RA Betev, L Bialkowska, H Bieser, F Billmeier, A Blyth, CO Bock, R Bormann, C Bracinik, J Brady, FP Brockmann, R Brun, R Buncic, P Caines, HL Cebra, D Cooper, GE Cramer, JG Csato, P Cyprian, M Dunn, J Eckardt, V Eckhardt, F Empl, T Eschke, J Ferguson, MI Fessler, H Fischer, HG Flierl, D Fodor, Z Frankenfeld, U Foka, P Freund, P Friese, V Ftacnik, J Fuchs, M Gabler, F Gal, J Ganz, R Gazdzicki, M Gladysz, E Grebieszkow, J Gunther, J Harris, JW Hegyi, S Henkel, T Hill, LA Hlinka, V Huang, I Hummler, H Igo, G Irmscher, D Ivanov, M Janik, R Jacobs, P Jones, PG Kadija, K Kolesnikov, VI Kowalski, M Lasiuk, B Levai, P Liebicher, K Lynen, U Malakhov, AI Margetis, S Markert, C Marks, C Mayes, B Melkumov, GL Mock, A Molnar, J Nelson, JM Oldenburg, M Odyniec, G Palla, G Panagiotou, AD Pestov, Y Petridis, A Pikna, M Pimpl, W Pinsky, L Piper, A Porter, RJ Poskanzer, AM Poziombka, S Prindle, DJ Puhlhofer, F Rauch, W Reid, JG Renfordt, R Retyk, W Ritter, HG Rohrich, D Roland, C Roland, G Rudolph, H Rybicki, A Sammer, T Sandoval, A Sann, H Schafer, E Schmidt, R Schmischke, D Schmitz, N Schonfelder, S Semenov, AY Seyboth, J Seyboth, P Seyerlein, J Sikler, F Sitar, B Skrzypczak, E Squier, GTA Stelzer, H Stock, R Strmen, P Strobele, H Struck, C Susa, T Szarka, I Szentpetery, I Szymanski, P Sziklai, J Toy, M Trainor, TA Trentalange, S Ullrich, T Vassiliou, M Veres, G Vesztergombi, G Vranic, D Wang, FQ Weerasundara, DD Wenig, S Whitten, C Wieman, H Wienold, T Wood, L Yates, TA Zimanyi, J Zhu, XZ Zybert, R
Citation
S. Afanasiev et al., The NA49 large acceptance hadron detector, NUCL INST A, 430(2-3), 1999, pp. 210-244
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Spectroscopy /Instrumentation/Analytical Sciences","Instrumentation & Measurement
Journal title
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
ISSN journal
01689002 → ACNP
Volume
430
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
210 - 244
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(19990701)430:2-3<210:TNLAHD>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
The NA49 detector is a wide acceptance spectrometer for the study of hadron production in p + p, p + A, and A + A collisions at the CERN SPS. The main components are 4 large-volume TPCs for tracking and particle identificatio n via dE/dx. TOF scintillator arrays complement particle identification Cal orimeters for transverse energy determination and triggering, a detector fo r centrality selection in p + A collisions, and beam definition detectors c omplete the set-up. A description of all detector components is given with emphasis on new technical realizations. Performance and operational experie nce are discussed in particular with respect to the high track density envi ronment of central Pb + Pb collisions. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All r ights reserved.