The STAR event plane detector

The Event Plane Detector (EPD) is an upgrade detector to the STAR experiment at RHIC, designed to measure the pattern of forward-going charged particles emitted in a high-energy collision between heavy nuclei. It consists of two highly-segmented disks of 1.2-cm-thick scintillator embedded with wavel...

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Hauptverfasser: Adams, John Raymond (VerfasserIn) , Ewigleben, A. (VerfasserIn) , Garrett, S. (VerfasserIn) , He, W. (VerfasserIn) , Huang, T. (VerfasserIn) , Jacobs, P. M. (VerfasserIn) , Ju, X. (VerfasserIn) , Lisa, M. A. (VerfasserIn) , Lomnitz, M. (VerfasserIn) , Pak, R. (VerfasserIn) , Reed, R. (VerfasserIn) , Schmah, Alexander (VerfasserIn) , Shanmuganathan, P. (VerfasserIn) , Shao, M. (VerfasserIn) , Sun, X. (VerfasserIn) , Upsal, I. (VerfasserIn) , Visser, G. (VerfasserIn) , Zhang, J. (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 8 April 2020
In: Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment
Year: 2020, Jahrgang: 968
ISSN:1872-9576
DOI:10.1016/j.nima.2020.163970
Online-Zugang:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2020.163970
Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168900220304344
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Verfasserangaben:J. Adams, A. Ewigleben, S. Garrett, W. He, T. Huang, P.M. Jacobs, X. Ju, M.A. Lisa, M. Lomnitz, R. Pak, R. Reed, A. Schmah, P. Shanmuganathan, M. Shao, X. Sun, I. Upsal, G. Visser, J. Zhang
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Zusammenfassung:The Event Plane Detector (EPD) is an upgrade detector to the STAR experiment at RHIC, designed to measure the pattern of forward-going charged particles emitted in a high-energy collision between heavy nuclei. It consists of two highly-segmented disks of 1.2-cm-thick scintillator embedded with wavelength-shifting fiber, coupled to silicon photomultipliers and custom electronics. We describe the general design of the device, its construction, and performance on the bench and in the experiment.
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ISSN:1872-9576
DOI:10.1016/j.nima.2020.163970