The performance of the LHCf detector for hadronic showers

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Kawade, K ^a   Adriani, O ^b,c   Bonechi, L ^b   Bongi, M ^b,c   Castellini, G ^b,d   D'Alessandro, R ^b,c   Prete, M Del ^b,c   Haguenauer, M ^e   Itow, Y ^a   Kasahara, K ^f   Makino, Y ^a   Masuda, K ^a   Matsubayashi, E ^a   Menjo, H ^a   Mitsuka, G ^a,c   Muraki, Y ^a   Papini, P ^b   Perrot, A L ^g   Ricciarini, S ^b,d   Sako, T ^a   Sakurai, N ^a   Shimizu, Y ^f   Suzuki, T ^f   Tamura, T ^h   Torii, S ^f   Tricomi, A ^i,j   Turner, W C ^k   more..

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d IFAC CNR   (Italy)

^e ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^f WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g CERN   (Switzerland)

^h KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ INFN SEZIONE DI CATANIA   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^k LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Calorimeters; Neutron detectors (cold, thermal, fast neutrons)

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETERS; NEUTRONS;

DETECTION EFFICIENCY; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; FAST NEUTRONS; HADRONIC INTERACTION MODELS; HADRONIC SHOWERS; LARGE HADRON COLLIDER; NEUTRAL PARTICLES; POSITION RESOLUTION;

RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

EID: 84898838404     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/9/03/P03016     Document Type: Article

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