Naslov
Performance of the ALICE VZERO system

Autori
Abedev, B. ; ... ; Antičić, Tome ; ... ; Gotovac, Sven ; ... ; Mudnić, Eugen ; ... ; Planinić, Mirko ; ... ; Poljak, Nikola ; ... ; Simatović, Goran ; ... ; Šuša, Tatjana ; ... ; Vicković, Linda ; ... ; Zyzak, M.

Izvornik
Journal of Instrumentation (1748-0221) 8 (2013); 10016-1

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
ALICE; trigger; V0

Sažetak
ALICE is an LHC experiment devoted to the study of strongly i nteracting matter in proton-proton, proton-nucleus and nucleus- nucleus col lisions at ultra-relativistic energies. The ALICE VZERO system, made of two scintillator arrays at asymm etric positions, one on each side of the interaction point, plays a central role in ALICE. In ad dition to its core function as a trigger source, the VZERO system is used to monitor LHC beam conditio ns, to reject beam-induced back- grounds and to measure basic physics quantities such as lumi nosity, particle multiplicity, centrality and event plane direction in nucleus-nucleus collisions. A fter describing the VZERO system, this publication presents its performance over more than four ye ars of operation at the LHC.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Fizika

Napomena
The ALICE collaboration.

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