LHCb detector performance
Abstract
The LHCb detector is a forward spectrometer at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. The experiment is designed for precision measurements of CP violation and rare decays of beauty and charm hadrons. In this paper the performance of the various LHCb sub-detectors and the trigger system are described, using data taken from 2010 to 2012. It is shown that the design criteria of the experiment have been met. The excellent performance of the detector has allowed the LHCb collaboration to publish a wide range of physics results, demonstrating LHCb's unique role, both as a heavy flavour experiment and as a general purpose detector in the forward region.
- Publication:
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International Journal of Modern Physics A
- Pub Date:
- March 2015
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1412.6352
- Bibcode:
- 2015IJMPA..3030022L
- Keywords:
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- Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics;
- particle tracking detectors;
- gaseous detectors;
- calorimeters;
- Cherenkov detectors;
- particle identification methods;
- detector alignment and calibration methods;
- trigger;
- LHC;
- 29.40.Cs;
- 29.40.Gx;
- 29.40.Ka;
- 29.40.Vj;
- 29.40.Wk;
- 29.85.Ca;
- Gas-filled counters: ionization chambers proportional and avalanche counters;
- Tracking and position-sensitive detectors;
- Cherenkov detectors;
- Calorimeters;
- Solid-state detectors;
- Data acquisition and sorting;
- High Energy Physics - Experiment
- E-Print:
- Int. J. Mod. Phys. A 30, 1530022 (2015)