The optical alignment system of the ATLAS muon spectrometer endcaps

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Aefsky, S ^a   Amelung, C ^a,b   Bensinger, J ^a   Blocker, C ^a   Dushkin, A ^a   Gardner, M ^a   Hashemi, K ^a   Henry, E ^c,g   Kaplan, B ^a,h   Keselman, P ^a,i   Ketchum, M ^a   Landgraf, U ^d   Ostapchuk, A ^e,j   Rothberg, J ^f   Schricker, A ^a,b,k   Skvorodnev, N ^a   Wellenstein, H ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^k Piezocryst Advanced Sensorics   (Austria)

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Author keywords

Detector alignment and calibration methods (lasers, sources, particle beams); Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics

Indexed keywords

ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS; ATLAS MUON SPECTROMETER; CALIBRATION METHOD; CONCENTRIC CYLINDERS; INTERACTION POINTS; LARGE HADRON COLLIDER LHC; MOMENTUM RESOLUTIONS; OPTICAL ALIGNMENT SYSTEMS;

CALIBRATION; CHARGED PARTICLES; DETECTORS; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; WHEELS;

SPECTROMETERS;

EID: 62749174381     PISSN: 17480221     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/3/11/P11005     Document Type: Article

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