Measurement of thermal properties of the LHCb VELO detector using track-based software alignment

The LHCb VELO Group

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Abstract

The thermal properties of the LHCb Vertex Locator (VELO) are studied using the real-time detector alignment procedure. The variation of the position and orientation of the detector elements as a function of the operating temperature of the VELO is presented. This study uses a dataset collected by the LHCb experiment during a VELO temperature scan performed at the end of LHC Run 2 (October 2018). Significant shrinkage of the VELO modules is observed at the operating temperature of -30°C compared to the laboratory measurements on a single module taken at a range of temperatures from +45°C to -25°C. The thermal shrinkage expected from the extrapolation of laboratory measurements to lower temperatures, and the results of this alignment study are in good agreement.
Original languageEnglish
Article numberP10003
JournalJournal of Instrumentation
Volume18
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Oct 2023
Externally publishedYes

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