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Luminosity monitoring in ATLAS with MPX detectors

NázevTitle
Luminosity monitoring in ATLAS with MPX detectorsLuminosity monitoring in ATLAS with MPX detectors
Druh výsledkuResult type
Článek v časopiseJournal article
AutořiAuthors
A. Sopczak
DOIDOI
10.1088/1748-0221/9/01/C01027
Časopis / citaceJournal / citation
Journal of Instrumentation. 2014, 9(1), ISSN 1748-0221.
RokYear
2014
JazykLanguage
eng
WoSWoS
000332307000027
ScopusScopus
2-s2.0-84893104146
RIVRIV
RIV/68407700:21670/14:00223404!RIV15-MSM-21670___
ProjektProject
Institucionální podpora na rozvoj výzkumné org.Institucionální podpora na rozvoj výzkumné org.; Spolupráce ČR s CERNCollaboration of the Czech Republic with CERN; Mezinárodní experiment ATLAS-CERNInternational experiment ATLAS-CERN

AbstraktAbstract

The ATLAS-MPX detectors are based on the Medipix2 silicon devices designed by CERN for the detection of multiple types of radiation. Sixteen such detectors were successfully operated in the ATLAS detector at the LHC and collected data independently of the ATLAS data-recording chain from 2008 to 2013. Each ATLAS-MPX detector provides separate measurements of the bunch-integrated LHC luminosity. An internal consistency for luminosity monitoring of about 2% was demonstrated. In addition, the MPX devices close to the beam are sensitive enough to provide relative-luminosity measurements during van der Meer calibration scans, in a low-luminosity regime that lies below the sensitivity of the ATLAS calorimeter-based bunch-integrating luminometers. Preliminary results from these luminosity studies are presented for 2012 data taken at √s = 8 TeV proton-proton collisions.

The ATLAS-MPX detectors are based on the Medipix2 silicon devices designed by CERN for the detection of multiple types of radiation. Sixteen such detectors were successfully operated in the ATLAS detector at the LHC and collected data independently of the ATLAS data-recording chain from 2008 to 2013. Each ATLAS-MPX detector provides separate measurements of the bunch-integrated LHC luminosity. An internal consistency for luminosity monitoring of about 2% was demonstrated. In addition, the MPX devices close to the beam are sensitive enough to provide relative-luminosity measurements during van der Meer calibration scans, in a low-luminosity regime that lies below the sensitivity of the ATLAS calorimeter-based bunch-integrating luminometers. Preliminary results from these luminosity studies are presented for 2012 data taken at √s = 8 TeV proton-proton collisions.