European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields (Feb 2018)

Measurement of shower development and its Molière radius with a four-plane LumiCal test set-up

  • H. Abramowicz,
  • A. Abusleme,
  • K. Afanaciev,
  • Y. Benhammou,
  • L. Bortko,
  • O. Borysov,
  • M. Borysova,
  • I. Bozovic-Jelisavcic,
  • G. Chelkov,
  • W. Daniluk,
  • D. Dannheim,
  • K. Elsener,
  • M. Firlej,
  • E. Firu,
  • T. Fiutowski,
  • V. Ghenescu,
  • M. Gostkin,
  • M. Hempel,
  • H. Henschel,
  • M. Idzik,
  • A. Ignatenko,
  • A. Ishikawa,
  • S. Kananov,
  • O. Karacheban,
  • W. Klempt,
  • S. Kotov,
  • J. Kotula,
  • D. Kozhevnikov,
  • V. Kruchonok,
  • B. Krupa,
  • Sz. Kulis,
  • W. Lange,
  • J. Leonard,
  • T. Lesiak,
  • A. Levy,
  • I. Levy,
  • W. Lohmann,
  • S. Lukic,
  • J. Moron,
  • A. Moszczynski,
  • A. T. Neagu,
  • F.-X. Nuiry,
  • M. Pandurovic,
  • B. Pawlik,
  • T. Preda,
  • O. Rosenblat,
  • A. Sailer,
  • B. Schumm,
  • S. Schuwalow,
  • I. Smiljanic,
  • P. Smolyanskiy,
  • K. Swientek,
  • P. Terlecki,
  • U. I. Uggerhoj,
  • T. N. Wistisen,
  • T. Wojton,
  • H. Yamamoto,
  • L. Zawiejski,
  • I. S. Zgura,
  • A. Zhemchugov

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-5611-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 78, no. 2
pp. 1 – 18

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Abstract A prototype of a luminometer, designed for a future $$e^+e^-$$ e+e- collider detector, and consisting at present of a four-plane module, was tested in the CERN PS accelerator T9 beam. The objective of this beam test was to demonstrate a multi-plane tungsten/silicon operation, to study the development of the electromagnetic shower and to compare it with MC simulations. The Molière radius has been determined to be 24.0 ± 0.6 (stat.) ± 1.5 (syst.) mm using a parametrization of the shower shape. Very good agreement was found between data and a detailed Geant4 simulation.