The ALICE transition radiation detector: Construction, operation, and performance

• 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.

Subject headings

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik -- Subatomär fysik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences -- Subatomic Physics (hsv//eng)

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik -- Acceleratorfysik och instrumentering (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences -- Accelerator Physics and Instrumentation (hsv//eng)

Keyword

dE/dx

Electron-pion identification

Fibre/foam sandwich radiator

Ionisation energy loss

Multi-wire proportional drift chamber

Neural network

TR

Tracking

Transition radiation detector

Trigger

Xenon-based gas mixture

Elementary particles

Energy dissipation

Hadrons

Lead

Neural networks

Surface discharges

Xenon

Ionisation energies

Pion identification

Transition radiation detectors

Electron irradiation

Publication and Content Type

art (subject category)

ref (subject category)