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ATLAS EM Calorimeter
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ATLAS EM CALORIMETER
Jackson Choate
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ATLAS Calorimeters
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The Science Behind It… High-energy electrons and photons lose
energy primarily through Bremsstrahlung and pair production, respectively.
Bremsstrahlung and pair production produce more electrons and photons at lower energies.
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Science (cont.)We see that for denser media, photons are more likely to produce electron-positron pairs and electrons lose energy predominantly through Bremsstrahlung
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Science (cont.)The denser the media, the less energy more massive charged particles lose per unit length.
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EM Calorimeter Design To measure the energy of lighter charged
particles and photons, a dense absorber needs to be used with an ionizable medium.
Solution? Lead sheets clad in stainless steel with a liquid argon medium.
Showers in the argon liberate electrons to be collected and recorded.
Argon has the property of being resistant to ionizing and neutron radiations.
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EM Calorimeter Barrel
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EM Calorimeter Accordion
“Accordion” structure allows for faster readings and reduced dead zones while providing a radiation depth of 24 Xo.
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EM Calorimeter Accordion (cont.)
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EM Calorimeter End-CapEM Calorimeter End-Cap uses the same accordion structure as the barrel, but positioned orthogonally in a “Spanish Fan” configuration.
However, due to the orientation of the end-caps, this will produce variations in the distance traveled by cascades and affect measurements.
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•To minimize the effects of the sampling fraction and argon gap variations, the high voltage (which defines drift velocity) is varied.
•This causes the average drift velocity to remain constant throughout the calorimeter.
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Barrel & End-Cap Setup
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EM Cryostat
Cryostat maintains the -185 o C temperature to keep the liquid argon from becoming a gas.
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EM Calorimeter Data Collection
Simulated result of shower inside of the EM Calorimeter Accordion
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1. Presampler – Single thin layer of liquid argon to correct for energy losses in Inner Detector
2. 1st Sampling – Provides excellent resolution for photon/neutral pion separation
3. 2nd Sampling – Clusters below 50 GeV are fully contained
4. 3rd Sampling – Only the highest energy electrons will reach this deep
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EM Calorimeter Data Collection
Electrodes are kept at a potential of +2000 V, creating an electric field of 1 MV/m between the absorber and the electrode.
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Signals collected at the electrodes are transferred through vacuum-sealed tubes called “feedthroughs.”
These feedthroughs are designed to preserve the signal during the transition from the cold liquid argon to the warmer electronics area.
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Schematic of an end-cap feedthrough
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Energy Resolution of EM Calorimeter
As seen, the EM Calorimeter has a very precise energy resolution. It’s spatial resolution is also very precise, capable of measuring pseudorapidity and perpendicular plane angles within 0.025 radians.
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Works Cited D. M. Gingrich et al. Performance of a large scale prototype of
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Krieger, Peter. "The ATLAS Liquid Argon Calorimeter." University of Toronto, 26 OCT <http://www.physics.utoronto.ca/~krieger/talks/Krieger_NSS05_Talk.pdf>
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