Johan Alme, Y. Andres, Harald Appelshäuser, Sebastian Bablok, Norbert Bialas, Rikard Bolgen, Uwe Bonnes, Roland Bramm, Peter Braun-Munzinger, Roberto Campagnolo, Peter Christiansen, Alexandru Florin Dobrin, Claude Engster, Dominik Fehlker, Yiota Foka, Ulrich Frankenfeld, Jens Joergen Gaardhøje, Chilo Garabatos, Peter Glässel, Carmen Gonzalez Gutierrez, Philippe Gros, Hans-Åke Gustafsson, Håvard Helstrup, Michael Hoch, Marian Ivanov, Rudolf Janik, Antoine Junique, Alexander Philipp Kalweit, Ralf Keidel, Stefan Kniege, Marek Kowalski, Dag Toppe Larsen, Yannick Lesenechal, Philippe Lenoir, Niels Lindegaard, Christian Lippmann, Magnus Mager, Manfred Mast, Adam Matyja, Magne Munkejord, Luciano Musa, Borge Svane Nielsen, Vedran Nikolic, Helmut Oeschler, E.K. Olsen, Anders Oskarsson, Lennart Osterman, Miroslav Pikna, Attiq ur Rehman, Gaël Renault, Rainer Arno Ernst Renfordt, Stefan Rossegger, Dieter Röhrich, Ketil Røed, Mattias Richter, G. Rueshmann, Andrzej Rybicki, Hans Sann, Hans-Rudolf Schmidt, Martin Siska, Branislav Sitar, Carsten Soegaard, Hans Kristian Soltveit, Daniel Soyk, Johanna Stachel, Herbert Stelzer, Evert Anders Stenlund, Reinhard Stock, Peter Strmeň, Imrich Szarka, Kjetil Ullaland, Danilo Vranić, Rob Veenhof, Joern Westergaard, Jens Wiechula, Bernd Windelband
- The design, construction, and commissioning of the ALICE Time-Projection Chamber (TPC) is described. It is the main device for pattern recognition, tracking, and identification of charged particles in the ALICE experiment at the CERN LHC. The TPC is cylindrical in shape with a volume close to 90 m3 and is operated in a 0.5 T solenoidal magnetic field parallel to its axis.
In this paper we describe in detail the design considerations for this detector for operation in the extreme multiplicity environment of central Pb–Pb collisions at LHC energy. The implementation of the resulting requirements into hardware (field cage, read-out chambers, electronics), infrastructure (gas and cooling system, laser-calibration system), and software led to many technical innovations which are described along with a presentation of all the major components of the detector, as currently realized. We also report on the performance achieved after completion of the first round of stand-alone calibration runs and demonstrate results close to those specified in the TPC Technical Design Report.
MetadatenAuthor: | Johan AlmeORCiDGND, Y. Andres, Harald AppelshäuserGND, Sebastian Bablok, Norbert Bialas, Rikard Bolgen, Uwe Bonnes, Roland BrammGND, Peter Braun-MunzingerORCiDGND, Roberto Campagnolo, Peter Christiansen, Alexandru Florin DobrinORCiD, Claude Engster, Dominik Fehlker, Yiota FokaORCiD, Ulrich FrankenfeldGND, Jens Joergen Gaardhøje, Chilo GarabatosGND, Peter GlässelORCiDGND, Carmen Gonzalez Gutierrez, Philippe Gros, Hans-Åke Gustafsson, Håvard HelstrupORCiD, Michael Hoch, Marian IvanovORCiDGND, Rudolf Janik, Antoine Junique, Alexander Philipp KalweitGND, Ralf KeidelORCiD, Stefan KniegeGND, Marek Kowalski, Dag Toppe LarsenORCiD, Yannick Lesenechal, Philippe Lenoir, Niels Lindegaard, Christian LippmannGND, Magnus MagerGND, Manfred Mast, Adam Matyja, Magne Munkejord, Luciano MusaORCiD, Borge Svane NielsenORCiD, Vedran Nikolic, Helmut OeschlerGND, E.K. Olsen, Anders Oskarsson, Lennart Osterman, Miroslav Pikna, Attiq ur Rehman, Gaël Renault, Rainer Arno Ernst Renfordt, Stefan Rossegger, Dieter RöhrichORCiD, Ketil RøedORCiD, Mattias Richter, G. Rueshmann, Andrzej RybickiORCiD, Hans Sann, Hans-Rudolf Schmidt, Martin Siska, Branislav Sitar, Carsten Soegaard, Hans Kristian Soltveit, Daniel Soyk, Johanna StachelORCiDGND, Herbert Stelzer, Evert Anders Stenlund, Reinhard StockGND, Peter Strmeň, Imrich Szarka, Kjetil UllalandORCiD, Danilo VranićGND, Rob Veenhof, Joern Westergaard, Jens WiechulaGND, Bernd WindelbandGND |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-251984 |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2010.04.042 |
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ISSN: | 0168-9002 |
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Parent Title (English): | Nuclear instruments and methods in physics research : Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment |
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Publisher: | North-Holland Publ. Co. |
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Place of publication: | Amsterdam |
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Document Type: | Article |
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Language: | English |
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Date of Publication (online): | 2010/07/07 |
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Date of first Publication: | 2010/07/07 |
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Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
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Contributing Corporation: | ALICE |
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Release Date: | 2012/06/14 |
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Volume: | 622 |
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Issue: | 1 |
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Page Number: | 52 |
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First Page: | 316 |
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Last Page: | 367 |
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HeBIS-PPN: | 357451031 |
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Institutes: | Physik / Physik |
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Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 53 Physik / 530 Physik |
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Sammlungen: | Universitätspublikationen |
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Licence (German): | Creative Commons - Namensnennung 3.0 |
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