Prompt photon identification in the ALICE experiment: The isolation cut method

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

Volumn 580, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1446-1459

  Conesa, G ^a,b   Delagrange, H ^b   Diaz J ^a   Kharlov, Y V ^c   Schutz, Y ^b,d  

^a INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA CORPUSCULAR IFIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^c INSTITUTE FOR HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^d CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic calorimeters; High energy gamma rays; PWO scintillators; Quark gluon plasma

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETERS; CHARGED PARTICLES; DETECTORS; GAMMA RAYS; PHOSPHORS; PLASMAS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC CALORIMETERS; HADRONS; HIGH-ENERGY GAMMA RAYS; QUARK-GLUON PLASMAS;

PHOTONS;

EID: 34548683216     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2007.06.014     Document Type: Article

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