Performance of the zero degree calorimeters for the ALICE experiment

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 567-573

  De Marco, N ^a   Arnaldi, R ^a   Chiavassa, E ^a   Cicalo C ^b   Cortese, P ^c   De Falco, A ^b   Dellacasa, G ^c   Ferretti, A ^a   Floris, M ^b   Gagliardi, M ^a   Gallio, M ^a   Gemme, R ^a   Masoni, A ^b   Mereu, P ^a   Musso, A ^a   Oppedisano, C ^a   Piccotti, A ^a   Poggio, F ^a   Puddu, G ^b   Scomparin, E ^a   Serci, S ^b   Siddi, E ^b   Stocco, D ^a   Usai, G ^b   Vercellin, E ^a   Yermia, F ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Quartz optical fiber; Radiation hardness; Sampling calorimeter

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; NEUTRONS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PROTONS;

BEAM OPTICS; ION COLLISIONS; SPECTATOR NUCLEONS; SPECTATOR PROTONS; ZERO DEGREE CALORIMETERS (ZDC);

CALORIMETERS;

EID: 34250738807     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2007.896588     Document Type: Article

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