TY - JOUR
T1 - First LHC beam induced tracks reconstructed in the LHCb VELO
AU - Keune, A.
AU - Wang, J.
AU - Ketel, T.J.
AU - Mous, I.V.N.
AU - Papadelis, A.
N1 - Part of special issue: PSD8: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Position Sensitive Detectors. Edited by R. Bates, K. Mathieson, V. O'Shea, C. Parkes, P. Soler
PY - 2009/6/1
Y1 - 2009/6/1
N2 - The Vertex Locator of the LHCb experiment has been used to fully reconstruct beam induced tracks at the LHC. A beam of protons was collided with a beam absorber during the LHC synchronisation test of the anti-clockwise beam on the weekend 22nd–24th August 2008. The resulting particles have been observed by the Vertex Locator. The LHCb Vertex Locator is a silicon micro-strip detector containing 21 planes of modules. Tracks were observed passing through up to 19 modules (38 silicon sensors). A total of over 700 tracks were reconstructed, and are being used to study the calibration and alignment of the detector.
AB - The Vertex Locator of the LHCb experiment has been used to fully reconstruct beam induced tracks at the LHC. A beam of protons was collided with a beam absorber during the LHC synchronisation test of the anti-clockwise beam on the weekend 22nd–24th August 2008. The resulting particles have been observed by the Vertex Locator. The LHCb Vertex Locator is a silicon micro-strip detector containing 21 planes of modules. Tracks were observed passing through up to 19 modules (38 silicon sensors). A total of over 700 tracks were reconstructed, and are being used to study the calibration and alignment of the detector.
U2 - 10.1016/j.nima.2009.01.215
DO - 10.1016/j.nima.2009.01.215
M3 - Article
SN - 0168-9002
VL - 604
SP - 1
EP - 4
JO - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment
JF - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment
IS - 1/2
ER -
