515 research outputs found
Performance of a spaghetti calorimeter prototype with tungsten absorber and garnet crystal fibres
A spaghetti calorimeter (SPACAL) prototype with scintillating crystal fibres
was assembled and tested with electron beams of energy from 1 to 5 GeV. The
prototype comprised radiation-hard Cerium-doped GdAlGaO
(GAGG:Ce) and YAlO (YAG:Ce) embedded in a pure tungsten
absorber. The energy resolution was studied as a function of the incidence
angle of the beam and found to be of the order of ,
in line with the LHCb Shashlik technology. The time resolution was measured
with metal channel dynodes photomultipliers placed in contact with the fibres
or coupled via a light guide, additionally testing an optical tape to glue the
components. Time resolution of a few tens of picosecond was achieved for all
the energies reaching down to (18.5 0.2) ps at 5 GeV.Comment: 14 pages, 8 figures, published on NIM
Multidifferential study of identified charged hadron distributions in -tagged jets in proton-proton collisions at 13 TeV
Jet fragmentation functions are measured for the first time in proton-proton
collisions for charged pions, kaons, and protons within jets recoiling against
a boson. The charged-hadron distributions are studied longitudinally and
transversely to the jet direction for jets with transverse momentum 20 GeV and in the pseudorapidity range . The
data sample was collected with the LHCb experiment at a center-of-mass energy
of 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.64 fb. Triple
differential distributions as a function of the hadron longitudinal momentum
fraction, hadron transverse momentum, and jet transverse momentum are also
measured for the first time. This helps constrain transverse-momentum-dependent
fragmentation functions. Differences in the shapes and magnitudes of the
measured distributions for the different hadron species provide insights into
the hadronization process for jets predominantly initiated by light quarks.Comment: All figures and tables, along with machine-readable versions and any
supplementary material and additional information, are available at
https://cern.ch/lhcbproject/Publications/p/LHCb-PAPER-2022-013.html (LHCb
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Study of the decay
The decay is studied
in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of TeV
using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5
collected by the LHCb experiment. In the system, the
state observed at the BaBar and Belle experiments is
resolved into two narrower states, and ,
whose masses and widths are measured to be where the first uncertainties are statistical and the second
systematic. The results are consistent with a previous LHCb measurement using a
prompt sample. Evidence of a new
state is found with a local significance of , whose mass and width
are measured to be and , respectively. In addition, evidence of a new decay mode
is found with a significance of
. The relative branching fraction of with respect to the
decay is measured to be , where the first
uncertainty is statistical, the second systematic and the third originates from
the branching fractions of charm hadron decays.Comment: All figures and tables, along with any supplementary material and
additional information, are available at
https://cern.ch/lhcbproject/Publications/p/LHCb-PAPER-2022-028.html (LHCb
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Measurement of the ratios of branching fractions and
The ratios of branching fractions
and are measured, assuming isospin symmetry, using a
sample of proton-proton collision data corresponding to 3.0 fb of
integrated luminosity recorded by the LHCb experiment during 2011 and 2012. The
tau lepton is identified in the decay mode
. The measured values are
and
, where the first uncertainty is
statistical and the second is systematic. The correlation between these
measurements is . Results are consistent with the current average
of these quantities and are at a combined 1.9 standard deviations from the
predictions based on lepton flavor universality in the Standard Model.Comment: All figures and tables, along with any supplementary material and
additional information, are available at
https://cern.ch/lhcbproject/Publications/p/LHCb-PAPER-2022-039.html (LHCb
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Crystal Fibers for the LHCb Calorimeter Upgrade
The Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) experiment is one of the four main particle detectors located at the Large Hadron Collider. After the high-luminosity upgrade of the accelerator, the expected radiation dose faced by the LHCb electromagnetic calorimeter will reach peak values of 1 MGy in the centermost part, an amount not tolerable by the currently employed Shashlik technology, which demands a novel radiation hard design. In addition, a time resolution of few tens of picoseconds and a cell lateral size of about 2 cm are planned for track reconstruction purposes by thecollaboration. In this article, the crystal spaghetti design was evaluated, a sampling geometry where scintillating crystal ïŹbers are embedded in the dense absorbing material. The prototype was tested at CERN super proton synchrotron (SPS) with muons and electrons measuring an energy resolution of 3% for electrons at 20 GeV, tilting the prototype by both horizontally and vertically with respect to the incident beam, and a time resolution of 79 ps. The results presented in this article show the feasibility of the design
Development of a Sampling Calorimeter for the LHCb Upgrade
Since 2008 the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, Geneva, has offered the ideal testing ground to probe the scientific knowledge of the fundamental interactions. There, the LHCb experiment performs precision measurements of CP violation and rare decays of B hadrons. LHCb will be upgraded to run at a luminosity of . This will require a substantial modification of its current electromagnetic calorimeter due to high radiation doses in the central region and increased particle densities. This PhD thesis presents an innovative technological solution based on spaghetti calorimeters (SPACAL). The candidate scintillators include both radiation-hard inorganic crystal garnets, for the region with the highest radiation dose, and organic dyes in polystyrene or polysiloxane hosts. The R&D on scintillating materials individuated garnets radiation-hard up to 1 MGy with timing capabilities close to LYSO:Ce. Their composition was then tuned to reduce their decay time at the level of plastic scintillators, keeping competitive timing. Samples of polysiloxane scintillators were tested with promising results. Prototypes of SPACAL with lead or tungsten absorbers were produced and tested at DESY and CERN. The energy resolutions showed sampling and constant contributions of ⌠10%/ 1% in line with the current LHCb modules. The spatial resolutions reached below 1 mm, and time resolutions at the level of 15 ps at high energies. Moreover, time resolution was studied with several PMTs coupled to the scintillators in direct contact or via light guides, with or without optical glues. A Monte Carlo simulation framework was developed, validated with testbeam results, and used to optimise the prototypes. It relies on a hybrid approach to describe the transport of the optical photons, retaining the precision of ray tracing but reducing by orders of magnitude the computation time. The framework was employed to study the deterioration caused by the LHCb background to the time resolution of a SPACAL with tungsten absorber and inorganic crystals, giving further input to the scintillators R&D
Scintillation properties and timing performance of state-of-the-art GdAlGaOsingle crystals
Future colliders will set stringent requirements on the performance of detector materials in terms of timing and radiation hardness. Scintillating garnet crystals proved to satisfy the latter, while the former can be improved through technological developments. In this work, optical and scintillation properties of Cerium-doped GdAlGaO (GAGG:Ce) single crystals were studied upon gamma radiation excitation. Several 2x2x3 mm 3 and 2x2x10 mm samples from various producers were characterized in terms of light output, transmission, scintillation kinetics and coincidence time resolution (CTR). Light output was measured using aCs radioactive source, ranging between 27900 and 49500 photons per MeV. Scintillation emission time profiles were measured with 511 keV gamma excitation, and the fastest samples displayed components below 70 ps rise time and 50 ns decay time. CTR was measured employing silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) obtaining a best value of 87 ±  2 ps full width at half maximum, significantly improving on past state-of-the-art GAGG
Modeling Scintillation Kinetics and Coincidence Time Resolution in Heterostructured Scintillators
In the search for new materials and technologies to
push the timing performances of time-of-flight positron emission
tomography (TOF-PET) detectors, it is important to have a model
capable of predicting the coincidence time resolution (CTR) of the
system to be implemented. While for bulk standard scintillators,
a model that takes into account the intrinsic properties of the
material (and the characteristics of the photodetector) is already
well established, it has never been experimentally validated for
composite structures. As heterostructured scintillatorsâi.e., the
combination of two or more materials with complementary
propertiesâare emerging as a possible solution to the conflict
between fast timing and high detection efficiency for TOF-PET
detectors, such validation becomes necessary. In this work,
by using a time-correlated single photon counting (TCSPC) setup
capable of simultaneously recording the TCSPC signal and the
scintillation pulse on an event-by-event basis, we experimentally
demonstrate that the scintillation kinetics of heterostructures can
be modeled as a linear combination of the scintillation kinetics
of the materials that constitute the heterostructure itself. Based
on these results, we develop an extension of well-established
CTR analytical model which can be applied to heterostructured
scintillators
Compositional engineering of multicomponent garnet scintillators: towards an ultra-accelerated scintillation response
Optical, luminescence and scintillation characteristics were studied in garnet-type GAGG single-crystal scintillators grown by the Czochralski method and heavily doped with a cerium activator and a magnesium codopant at different concentrations. Emission quenching due to the formation of closely spaced CeâMg pairs accelerating the photoluminescence and scintillation decays down to a few nanoseconds and substantial suppression of slower decay components are observed. We show that despite a significant decrease in the scintillation yield, the coincidence time resolution and the afterglow, which are the most critically important parameters of fast scintillators, exhibited by the heavily doped GAGG:- Ce,Mg are superior to those in the state-of-the-art scintillators. Due to the peculiar feature of the GAGG host to tolerate extremely high cerium and magnesium concentrations while still maintaining a bulk single crystal form, this scintillator has a great potential for high-count-rate applications in high energy physics experiments and industries with harsh operational environments, where a lower light yield can be tolerated
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