Reception Test of Petals for the End Cap TEC+ of the CMS Silicon Strip Tracker

The silicon strip tracker of the CMS experiment has been completed and was inserted into the CMS detector in late 2007. The largest sub system of the tracker are its end caps, comprising two large end caps (TEC) each containing 3200 silicon strip modules. To ease construction, the end caps feature a modular design: groups of about 20 silicon modules are placed on sub-assemblies called petals and these self-contained elements are then mounted onto the TEC support structures. Each end cap consists of 144 such petals, which were built and fully qualified by several institutes across Europe. Fro

Integration of the End Cap TEC+ of the CMS Silicon Strip Tracker

The silicon strip tracker of the CMS experiment has been completed and inserted into the CMS detector in late 2007. The largest sub-system of the tracker is its end cap system, comprising two large end caps (TEC) each containing 3200 silicon strip modules. To ease construction, the end caps feature a modular design: groups of about 20 silicon modules are placed on sub-assemblies called petals and these self-contained elements are then mounted into the TEC support structures. Each end cap consists of 144 petals, and the insertion of these petals into the end cap structure is referred to as TEC integration. The two end caps were integrated independently in Aachen (TEC+) and at CERN (TEC--). This note deals with the integration of TEC+, describing procedures for end cap integration and for quality control during testing of integrated sections of the end cap and presenting results from the testing

Tracker Operation and Performance at the Magnet Test and Cosmic Challenge

During summer 2006 a fraction of the CMS silicon strip tracker was operated in a comprehensive slice test called the Magnet Test and Cosmic Challenge (MTCC). At the MTCC, cosmic rays detected in the muon chambers were used to trigger the readout of all CMS sub-detectors in the general data acquisition system and in the presence of the 4 T magnetic field produced by the CMS superconducting solenoid. This document describes the operation of the Tracker hardware and software prior, during and after data taking. The performance of the detector as resulting from the MTCC data analysis is also presented

Assembly and operation of a baseline-design MSGC detector module

We report on the assembly and test beam results of a baseline-design MSGC detector prototype as foreseen for the CMS forward tracker. Particular attention is given to the optimization of assembly procedure and tooling. We present the detector response as a function of operational parameters and give results on the detection efficiency and spatial resolution

Test Results of a MSGC Detector Module for the CMS forward MSGC-Tracker

We report on the construction and test beam results of a MSGC detector module with four trapezoidal elements arranged in a geometry as planned for the CMS forward tracker. Our objective is to study a concept for the forward detector modules which is easy to build with minimal contribution to the material budget. Signal to noise ratio and spatial resolution of the detector are studied for different bias voltages in a 100 GeV muon beam at CERN

A two-stage amplifying detector candidate for the CMS forward tracker

We report on the construction and first test beam results of a prototype of two-stage amplifying detector modules with four trapezoidal elements arranged in a geometry as planned for the CMS forward tracker. The performance of the detector is studied for different operational parameters in a high energy pion beam at CERN