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Luminometer for the future International Linear Collider - simulation and beam test results
LumiCal will be the luminosity calorimeter for the proposed International
Large Detector of the International Linear Collider (ILC). The ILC physics
program requires the integrated luminosity to be measured with a relative
precision on the order of 10e-3, or 10e-4 when running in GigaZ mode.
Luminosity will be determined by counting Bhabha scattering events coincident
in the two calorimeter modules placed symmetrically on opposite sides of the
interaction point. To meet these goals, the energy resolution of the
calorimeter must be better than 1.5% at high energies. LumiCal has been
designed as a 30-layer sampling calorimeter with tungsten as the passive
material and silicon as the active material. Monte Carlo simulation using the
Geant4 software framework has been used to identify design elements which
adversely impact energy resolution and correct for them without loss of
statistics. BeamCal, covering polar angles smaller than LumiCal, will serve for
beam tuning, luminosity optimisation and high energy electron detection.
Secondly, prototypes of the sensors and electronics for both detectors have
been evaluated during beam tests, the results of which are also presented here.Comment: Technology and Instrumentation in Particle Physics 2011, Chicago, IL,
USA. Presented June 11, 2011, and submitted to Physics Procedi
ECFA Detector R&D Panel, Review Report
Two special calorimeters are foreseen for the instrumentation of the very
forward region of an ILC or CLIC detector; a luminometer (LumiCal) designed to
measure the rate of low angle Bhabha scattering events with a precision better
than 10 at the ILC and 10 at CLIC, and a low polar-angle
calorimeter (BeamCal). The latter will be hit by a large amount of
beamstrahlung remnants. The intensity and the spatial shape of these
depositions will provide a fast luminosity estimate, as well as determination
of beam parameters. The sensors of this calorimeter must be radiation-hard.
Both devices will improve the e.m. hermeticity of the detector in the search
for new particles. Finely segmented and very compact electromagnetic
calorimeters will match these requirements. Due to the high occupancy, fast
front-end electronics will be needed. Monte Carlo studies were performed to
investigate the impact of beam-beam interactions and physics background
processes on the luminosity measurement, and of beamstrahlung on the
performance of BeamCal, as well as to optimise the design of both calorimeters.
Dedicated sensors, front-end and ADC ASICs have been designed for the ILC and
prototypes are available. Prototypes of sensor planes fully assembled with
readout electronics have been studied in electron beams.Comment: 61 pages, 51 figure
Performance of fully instrumented detector planes of the forward calorimeter of a Linear Collider detector
Detector-plane prototypes of the very forward calorimetry of a future
detector at an e+e- collider have been built and their performance was measured
in an electron beam. The detector plane comprises silicon or GaAs pad sensors,
dedicated front-end and ADC ASICs, and an FPGA for data concentration.
Measurements of the signal-to-noise ratio and the response as a function of the
position of the sensor are presented. A deconvolution method is successfully
applied, and a comparison of the measured shower shape as a function of the
absorber depth with a Monte-Carlo simulation is given.Comment: 25 pages, 32 figures, revised version following comments from
referee