Study of a BGO calorimeter using electron and hadron beams from 1 to 50 GeV

J. A. Bakken, L. Barone, D. Braun, M. Caillat, C. Dionisi, C. Doré, H. Elmamouni, F. Ferroni, G. L. Grazer, J. T. He, R. Herbiet, B. Ille, P. Lecomte, E. Longo, P. F. Loverre, Y. S. Lu, J. P. Martin, U. Micke, R. P. Mount, P. A. PirouéH. G. Sander, D. Schmitz, M. Schneegans, D. P. Stickland, R. L. Sumner, K. L. Tung, E. Valente, M. Vivargent

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Abstract

A calorimeter of 25 bismuth germanate (BGO) crystals equipped with silicon photodiode readout has been tested at the CERN SPS in the energy range 1-50 GeV. The response for electrons has been shown to be linear in this energy range and the rms resolution obtained ( σE E) is approximately 1%, for E > 4 GeV. The electron/pion separation was found to be better than 1:500 in the energy range 1-20 GeV. Data on lateral and longitudinal shower development were compared with the results of a Monte Carlo simulation using the SLAC-EGS program and found to be in good agreement.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)294-302
Number of pages9
JournalNuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A
Volume228
Issue number2-3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 1985

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Instrumentation

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