Mechanical stability of the CMS strip tracker measured with a laser alignment system
Abstract
The CMS tracker consists of 206 m2 of silicon strip sensors assembled on carbon fibre composite structures and is designed for operation in the temperature range from −25 to +25°C. The mechanical stability of tracker components during physics operation was monitored with a few μm resolution using a dedicated laser alignment system as well as particle tracks from cosmic rays and hadron-hadron collisions. During the LHC operational period of 2011–2013 at stable temperatures, the components of the tracker were observed to experience relative movements of less than 30μm. In addition, temperature variations were found to cause displacements of tracker structures of about 2μm°C, which largely revert to their initial positions when the temperature is restored to its original value. Show more
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https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000191933Publication status
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Journal of InstrumentationVolume
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IOP PublishingSubject
Particle tracking detectors; Detector alignment and calibration methods (lasers, sources, particle-beams); Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics; Particle tracking detectors (Solid-state detectors)Organisational unit
03593 - Dissertori, Günther / Dissertori, Günther
08803 - Grab, Christoph (Tit.Prof.)
03904 - Wallny, Rainer / Wallny, Rainer
03381 - Pauss, Felicitas (emeritus)
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