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The ALICE transition radiation detector: Construction, operation, and performance
Authors
S. Acharya Adam, J. Adamova, D. Adler, C. Adolfsson, J. Aggarwal, M.M. Aglieri Rinella, G. Agnello, M. Agrawal, N. Ahammed, Z. Ahmad, N. Ahn, S.U. Aiola, S. Akindinov, A. Al-Turany, M. Alam, S.N. Antonczyk, D. Arend, A. Alba, J.L.B. Albuquerque, D.S.D. Aleksandrov, D. Alessandro, B. Alfaro Molina, R. Alici, A. Alkin, A. Alme, J. Alt, T. Altenkamper, L. Altsybeev, I. Alves Garcia Prado, C. Andrei, C. Andreou, D. Andrews, H.A. Andronic, A. Anguelov, V. Anson, C. Antičić, T. Antinori, F. Antonioli, P. Anwar, R. Aphecetche, L. Appelshauser, H. Arcelli, S. Arnaldi, R. Arnold, O.W. Arsene, I.C. Arslandok, M. Audurier, B. Augustinus, A. Averbeck, R. Azmi, M.D. Badala, A. Baek, Y.W. Bagnasco, S. Bailhache, R. Bala, R. Baldisseri, A. Ball, M. Baral, R.C. Barbano, A.M. Barbera, R. Barile, F. Barioglio, L. Barnafoldi, G.G. Barnby, L.S. Barret, V. Bartalini, P. Barth, K. Bartos, D. Bartsch, E. Basile, M. Bastid, N. Basu, S. Bathen, B. Batigne, G. Batyunya, B. Batzing, P.C. Baumann, C. Bearden, I.G. Beck, H. Bedda, C. Behera, N.K. Belikov, I. Bellini, F. Bello Martinez, H. Bellwied, R. Beltran, L.G.E. Belyaev, V. Bencedi, G. Beole, S. Berceanu, I. Bercuci, A. Berdnikov, Y. Berenyi, D. Bertens, R.A. Berzano, D. Betev, L. Bhasin, A. Bhat, I.R. Bhati, A.K. Bhattacharjee, B. Bhom, J. Bianchi, A. Bianchi, L. Bianchi, N. Bianchin, C. Bielčik, J. Bielčikova, J. Bilandzic, A. Biro, G. Biswas, R. Biswas, S. Blair, J.T. Blau, D. Blume, C. Boca, G. Bock, F. Bogdanov, A. Boldizsar, L. Bombara, M. Bonomi, G. Bonora, M. Book, J. Borel, H. Borissov, A. Borri, M. Botta, E. Bourjau, C. Bratrud, L. Braun-Munzinger, P. Bregant, M. Broker, T.A. Broz, M. Brucken, E.J. Bruna, E. Bruno, G.E. Bucher, D. Budnikov, D. Buesching, H. Bufalino, S. Buhler, P. Buncic, P. Busch, O. Buthelezi, Z. Butt, J.B. Buxton, J.T. Cabala, J. Caffarri, D. Caines, H. Caliva, A. Calvo Villar, E. Camerini, P. Capon, A.A. Caragheorgheopol, G. Carena, F. Carena, W. Carnesecchi, F. Castillo Castellanos, J. Castro, A.J. Casula, E.A.R. Catanescu, V. Ceballos Sanchez, C. Cerello, P. Chandra, S. Chang, B. Chapeland, S. Chartier, M. Chattopadhyay, S. Chattopadhyay, S. Chauvin, A. Chernenko, S. Cherney, M. Cheshkov, C. Cheynis, B. Chibante Barroso, V. Chinellato, D.D. Cho, S. Chochula, P. Chojnacki, M. Choudhury, S. Chowdhury, T. Christakoglou, P. Christensen, C.H. Christiansen, P. Chujo, T. Chung, S.U. Cicalo, C. Cifarelli, L. Cindolo, F. Ciobanu, M. Cleymans, J. Colamaria, F. Colella, D. Collu, A. Colocci, M. Concas, M. Conesa Balbastre, G. Conesa Del Valle, Z. Connors, M.E. Contreras, J.G. Cormier, T.M. Corrales Morales, Y. Cortés Maldonado, I. Cortese, P. Cosentino, M.R. Costa, F. Costanza, S. Crkovská, J. Crochet, P. Cuautle, E. Cunqueiro, L. Dahms, T. Dainese, A. Danisch, M.C. Danu, A. Das, D. Das, I. Das, S. Dash, A. Dash, S. Daues, H. De, S. De Caro, A. De Cataldo, G. De Conti, C. De Cuveland, J. De Falco, A. De Gruttola, D. De Marco, N. De Pasquale, S. De Souza, R.D. Degenhardt, H.F. Deisting, A. Deloff, A. Deplano, C. Devismes, A. Dhankher, P. Di Bari, D. Di Mauro, A. Di Nezza, P. Di Ruzza, B. Dietel, T. Dillenseger, P. Divià, R. Djuvsland, Ø. Dobrin, A. Domenicis Gimenez, D. Dönigus, B. Dordic, O. Doremalen, L.V.V. Dubey, A.K. Dubla, A. Ducroux, L. Duggal, A.K. Dupieux, P. Duta, V. Ehlers, R.J. Elia, D. Emschermann, D. Endress, E. Engel, H. Epple, E. Erazmus, B. Erhardt, F. Espagnon, B. Esumi, S. Eulisse, G. Eum, J. Evans, D. Evdokimov, S. Fabbietti, L. Faivre, J. Fantoni, A. Fasel, M. Fateev, O. Feldkamp, L. Feliciello, A. Feofilov, G. Ferencei, J. Fernández Téllez, A. Ferretti, A. Festanti, A. Feuillard, V.J.G. Figiel, J. Figueredo, M.A.S. Filchagin, S. Finogeev, D. Fionda, F.M. Fleck, M. Floris, M. Foertsch, S. Foka, P. Fokin, S. Fragiacomo, E. Francescon, A. Francisco, A. Frankenfeld, U. Freuen, S. Fronze, G.G. Fuchs, U. Furget, C. Furs, A. Fusco Girard, M. Gaardhoje, J.J. Gagliardi, M. Gago, A.M. Gajdosova, K. Gallio, M. Galvan, C.D. Ganoti, P. Garabatos, C. Garcia-Solis, E. Garg, K. Gargiulo, C. Gasik, P. Gatz, H. Gauger, E.F. Gay Ducati, M.B. Germain, M. Ghosh, J. Ghosh, P. Ghosh, S.K. Gianotti, P. Giolu, G. Giubellino, P. Giubilato, P. Gladysz-Dziadus, E. Glasow, R. Glässel, P. Gremmler, S. Goméz Coral, D.M. Gomez Ramirez, A. Gonzalez, A.S. Gorbunov, S. Görlich, L. Gotovac, S. Gottschalk, D. Gottschlag, H. Grabski, V. Graczykowski, L.K. Graham, K.L. Grajcarek, R. Greiner, L. Grelli, A. Grigoras, C. Grigoriev, V. Grigoryan, A. Grigoryan, S. Grimm, H. Grion, N. Gronefeld, J.M. Grosa, F. Grosse-Oetringhaus, J.F. Grosso, R. Gruber, L. Guber, F. Guernane, R. Guerzoni, B. Gulbrandsen, K. Gunji, T. Gupta, A. Gupta, R. Gutfleisch, M. Guzman, I.B. Haake, R. Hadjidakis, C. Hamagaki, H. Hamar, G. Hamon, J.C. Haque, M.R. Harris, J.W. Hartig, M. Harton, A. Hassan, H. Hatzifotiadou, D. Hayashi, S. Heckel, S.T. Hehner, J. Heide, M. Hellbär, E. Helstrup, H. Herghelegiu, A. Herrera Corral, G. Herrmann, F. Herrmann, N. Hess, B.A. Hetland, K.F. Hillemanns, H. Hills, C. Hippolyte, B. Hladky, J. Hohlweger, B. Horak, D. Hornung, S. Hosokawa, R. Hristov, P. Huber, S. Hughes, C. Humanic, T.J. Hussain, N. Hussain, T. Hutter, D. Hwang, D.S. Iga Buitron, S.A. Ilkaev, R. Inaba, M. Ippolitov, M. Irfan, M. Islam, M.S. Ivanov, M. Ivanov, V. Izucheev, V. Jacak, B. Jacazio, N. Jacobs, P.M. Jadhav, M.B. Jadlovsky, J. Jaelani, S. Jahnke, C. Jakubowska, M.J. Janik, M.A. Jayarathna, P.H.S.Y. Jena, C. Jena, S. Jercic, M. Jimenez Bustamante, R.T. Jones, P.G. Jusko, A. Kalinak, P. Kalweit, A. Kang, J.H. Kaplin, V. Kar, S. Karasu Uysal, A. Karavichev, O. Karavicheva, T. Karayan, L. Karczmarczyk, P. Karpechev, E. Kebschull, U. Keidel, R. Keijdener, D.L.D. Keil, M. Ketzer, B. Khabanova, Z. Khan, P. Khan, S.A. Khanzadeev, A. Kharlov, Y. Khatun, A. Khuntia, A. Kielbowicz, M.M. Kileng, B. Kim, B. Kim, D. Kim, D.J. Kim, H. Kim, J.S. Kim, J. Kim, M. Kim, M. Kim, S. Kim, T. Kirsch, S. Kisel, I. Kiselev, S. Kisiel, A. Kislov, E. Kiss, G. Klay, J.L. Klein, C. Klein, J. Klein-Bösing, C. Klein-Bösing, M. Kliemant, M. Klingenmeyer, H. Klewin, S. Kluge, A. Knichel, M.L. Knospe, A.G. Kobdaj, C. Kofarago, M. Kohn, M. Kollegger, T. Kondratiev, V. Kondratyeva, N. Kondratyuk, E. Konevskikh, A. Konno, M. Konyushikhin, M. Kopcik, M. Kour, M. Kouzinopoulos, C. Kovalenko, O. Kovalenko, V. Kowalski, M. Koyithatta Meethaleveedu, G. Králik, I. Kramer, F. Kravèáková, A. Krawutschke, T. Kreis, L. Krivda, M. Krizek, F. Krumbhorn, D. Kryshen, E. Krzewicki, M. Kubera, A.M. Kuèera, V. Kuhn, C. Kuijer, P.G. Kumar, A. Kumar, J. Kumar, L. Kumar, S. Kundu, S. Kurashvili, P. Kurepin, A. Kurepin, A.B. Kuryakin, A. Kushpil, S. Kweon, M.J. Kwon, Y. La Pointe, S.L. La Rocca, P. Lagana Fernandes, C. Lai, Y.S. Lakomov, I. Langoy, R. Lapidus, K. Lara, C. Lardeux, A. Lattuca, A. Laudi, E. Lavicka, R. Lea, R. Leardini, L. Lee, S. Lehas, F. Lehmann, T. Lehner, J. Lehner, S. Lehrbach, J. Lemmon, R.C. Lenti, V. Leogrande, E. León Monzón, I. Lesser, F. Lévai, P. Li, X. Lien, J. Lietava, R. Lim, B. Lindal, S. Lindenstruth, V. Lindsay, S.W. Lippmann, C. Lisa, M.A. Litichevskyi, V. Llope, W.J. Lodato, D.F. Lohner, D. Loenne, P.I. Loginov, V. Loizides, C. Loncar, P. Lopez, X. López Torres, E. Lowe, A. Lu, X. Ludolphs, W. Luettig, P. Luhder, J.R. Lunardon, M. Luparello, G. Lupi, M. Lutz, T.H. Maevskaya, A. Mager, M. Magureanu, C. Mahajan, S. Mahmoud, T. Mahmood, S.M. Maire, A. Majka, R.D. Malaev, M. Malinina, L. Mal&apos
Publication date
1 January 2018
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Abstract
The Transition Radiation Detector (TRD) was designed and built to enhance the capabilities of the ALICE detector at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). While aimed at providing electron identification and triggering, the TRD also contributes significantly to the track reconstruction and calibration in the central barrel of ALICE. In this paper the design, construction, operation, and performance of this detector are discussed. A pion rejection factor of up to 410 is achieved at a momentum of 1 GeV/c in p-Pb collisions and the resolution at high transverse momentum improves by about 40% when including the TRD information in track reconstruction. The triggering capability is demonstrated both for jet, light nuclei, and electron selection. © 2017 CERN for the benefit of the ALICE Collaboration
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