63 research outputs found

    The EDELWEISS Experiment : Status and Outlook

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    The EDELWEISS Dark Matter search uses low-temperature Ge detectors with heat and ionisation read- out to identify nuclear recoils induced by elastic collisions with WIMPs from the galactic halo. Results from the operation of 70 g and 320 g Ge detectors in the low-background environment of the Modane Underground Laboratory (LSM) are presented.Comment: International Conference on Dark Matter in Astro and Particle Physics (Dark 2000), Heidelberg, Germany, 10-16 Jul 2000, v3 minor revision

    Hadron shower decomposition in the highly granular CALICE analogue hadron calorimeter

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    The spatial development of hadronic showers in the CALICE scintillator-steel analogue hadron calorimeter is studied using test beam data collected at CERN and FNAL for single positive pions and protons with initial momenta in the range from 10 to 80 GeV/c. Both longitudinal and radial development of hadron showers are parametrised with two-component functions. The parametrisation is fit to test beam data and simulations using the QGSP_BERT and FTFP_BERT physics lists from Geant4 version 9.6. The parameters extracted from data and simulated samples are compared for the two types of hadrons. The response to pions and the ratio of the non-electromagnetic to the electromagnetic calorimeter response, h/e, are estimated using the extrapolation and decomposition of the longitudinal profiles.Comment: 38 pages, 19 figures, 5 tables; author list changed; submitted to JINS

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

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    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

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    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

    Performance studies of the CMS strip tracker before installation

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    CMS physics technical design report : Addendum on high density QCD with heavy ions

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    Test beam performance of a CBC3-based mini-module for the Phase-2 CMS Outer Tracker before and after neutron irradiation

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    The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN will undergo major upgrades to increase the instantaneous luminosity up to 5–7.5×1034^{34} cm2^{-2}s1^{-1}. This High Luminosity upgrade of the LHC (HL-LHC) will deliver a total of 3000–4000 fb-1 of proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13–14 TeV. To cope with these challenging environmental conditions, the strip tracker of the CMS experiment will be upgraded using modules with two closely-spaced silicon sensors to provide information to include tracking in the Level-1 trigger selection. This paper describes the performance, in a test beam experiment, of the first prototype module based on the final version of the CMS Binary Chip front-end ASIC before and after the module was irradiated with neutrons. Results demonstrate that the prototype module satisfies the requirements, providing efficient tracking information, after being irradiated with a total fluence comparable to the one expected through the lifetime of the experiment

    The Impact of Migration on Parent-Child Interactions and Children's Moral Orientation: a Study in Peru.

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    The goal of the study was to assess the effects of rural-urban migration on parent-child interactions and on children's moral orientation. The study included 95 9 to 10 and 14 to 15 year-old boys and girls and their parents from two locations in Peru: rural villages in the highl and s and an urban shanty town inhabited by migrants from the same highl and s region. Parents and children in both rural and urban locations were interviewed. Children were interviewed on the following measures: identification, parental discipline style, and moral orientation. Interviews with the parents included measures of socialization, expectations for the child, and parents' adaptation to their environment. Migrant parents more frequently than rural parents disliked the environment where they lived, perceived this as unsafe for their family, and mistrusted their neighbors and the authorities of the larger society. The difficulties in adjusting to urban life seemed to influence the migrant parents' child-rearing style. These parents were more rigid with their children than were rural parents, and more frequently expected that their children would become professionals. Rural parents maintained continuities with their own parents' rearing practices and expected their children to become farmers. While parents in both rural and urban locations utilized power-assertive discipline techniques with their children, an opposite pattern of authority figures was found among parents in the two locations. The father was the major discipline agent in the rural villages, while the mother was the major discipline agent in the shanty town. Identification with the father was stronger in rural adolescent boys than in their urban counterparts. The amount of interaction with the father, and the amount of affection offered by the father were also larger in rural than in urban adolescent boys. While a humanistic morality was more frequent in rural boys, urban adolescent boys held an amoral orientation more frequently than their rural counterparts. The results were interpreted in terms of the disruption in father-son interactions in migrant families, and the dynamics of urban poverty.Ph.D.Developmental psychologyUniversity of Michiganhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/158588/1/8204601.pd

    Les granges à trois nefs et les granges cisterciennes en Isère et dans la Loire

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