Calibration and performance of the {STAR} Muon Telescope Detector using cosmic rays
| Pub type: | Article |
| Citation: | Yang20141 |
| Status: | Published |
| Journal: | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment |
| Volume: | 762 |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Month: | October |
| Pages: | 1 - 6 |
| ISSN: | 0168-9002 |
| URL: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/s... |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.nima.2014.05.075 |
| Abstract: | Abstract We report the timing and spatial resolution from the Muon Telescope Detector (MTD) installed in the \{STAR\} experiment at RHIC. Cosmic ray muons traversing the \{STAR\} detector have an average transverse momentum of 6 GeV/c. Due to their very small multiple scattering, these cosmic muons provide an ideal tool to calibrate the detectors and measure their timing and spatial resolution. The values obtained were ~100 ps and ~1–2 cm. These values are comparable to those obtained from cosmic-ray bench tests and test beams. |
| Month_val: | 10 |
| Keywords: | Spatial resolution |
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| Added by: | [DGM] |
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