TY - JOUR
T1 - Calibration of the L3 BGO calorimeter using an RFQ accelerator
AU - Chaturvedi, U.
AU - Favara, A.
AU - Gataullin, M.
AU - Gratta, G.
AU - Kirkby, D.
AU - Lu, W.
AU - Newman, H.
AU - Shvorob, A.
AU - Tully, Christopher George
AU - Zhu, R.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2007 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2001/4/1
Y1 - 2001/4/1
N2 - An improved calibration technique based on a radio-frequency-quadrupole (RFQ) accelerator is presented. A high-intensity flux of 17.6MeV photons, produced by radiative capture of 1.85MeV protons from the RFQ in a lithium target, is used to calibrate in situ 11000 crystals of the L3 BGO calorimeter. We present results obtained for the calibration of 1997-1999 L3 data samples. For the first time a calibration precision better than 0.5% is reached for the entire BGO calorimeter. The importance of such a technique is also outlined in view of extensive use of crystal calorimetry at the LHC.
AB - An improved calibration technique based on a radio-frequency-quadrupole (RFQ) accelerator is presented. A high-intensity flux of 17.6MeV photons, produced by radiative capture of 1.85MeV protons from the RFQ in a lithium target, is used to calibrate in situ 11000 crystals of the L3 BGO calorimeter. We present results obtained for the calibration of 1997-1999 L3 data samples. For the first time a calibration precision better than 0.5% is reached for the entire BGO calorimeter. The importance of such a technique is also outlined in view of extensive use of crystal calorimetry at the LHC.
KW - BGO calorimeter
KW - Calibration
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U2 - 10.1016/S0168-9002(00)01248-1
DO - 10.1016/S0168-9002(00)01248-1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:20244366073
SN - 0168-9002
VL - 461
SP - 376
EP - 377
JO - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
JF - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
IS - 1-3
ER -