Luminosity measurement at ATLAS-Development, construction and test of scintillating fibre prototype detectors

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 568, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 588-600

  Ask, S ^a   Barrillon, P ^b   Braem, A ^a   Cheiklali, C ^b   Efthymiopoulos, I ^a   Fournier, D ^b   de La Taille, C ^b   Di Girolamo, B ^a   Grafstrom, P ^a   Joram, C ^a   Haguenauer, M ^c   Hedberg, V ^d   Lavigne, B ^b   Maio, A ^e   Mapelli, A ^a   Mjornmark U ^d   Puzo, P ^b   Rijssenbeek, M ^f   Santos, J ^e   Saraiva, J G ^e   Stenzel, H ^g   Thioye, M ^f   Valladolid, E ^a   Vorobel, V ^h   more..

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e CENTRO DE FÍSICA NUCLEAR DA UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^f STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^h CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Luminosity; Photodetector; Scintillating fibre

Indexed keywords

PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PLASTICS; PROTONS;

DETECTOR DESIGN; LUMINOSITY; PLASTIC FIBRES; SCINTILLATING FIBRES;

SCINTILLATION;

EID: 33750798580     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2006.07.008     Document Type: Article

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