Progress in the CMS ECAL
Abstract
The CMS electromagnetic calorimeter design goal is to be precise and accurate enough to detect the Higgs → 2 photons signal over a continuous background. A resolution better than 1% for showers of 50-100 GeV is required. To achieve this goal, all the factors that can eventually spoil the calorimeter resolution have to be taken into account. This includes: careful measurements and control of crystal properties before installation, precise calibration of each crystal with an electron beam before use in CMS and accurate off-line reconstruction of the electromagnetic showers. The importance of these items and the progress achieved will be discussed.
- Publication:
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Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A
- Pub Date:
- April 2001
- DOI:
- 10.1016/S0168-9002(00)01246-8
- Bibcode:
- 2001NIMPA.461..368C