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Commissioning of the CMS zero degree calorimeter using LHC beam

Instrumentation and Detectors 2011-05-12 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment Nuclear Experiment

Abstract

This paper reports on the commissioning and first running experience of the CMS Zero Degree Calorimeters during December 2009. All channels worked correctly. The ZDCs were timed into the data acquisition system using beam splash events. These data also allowed us to make a first estimate of channel-by-channel variations in gain.

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@article{arxiv.1008.1157,
  title  = {Commissioning of the CMS zero degree calorimeter using LHC beam},
  author = {O. Grachov and M. Murray and J. Wood and Y. Onel and S. Sen and T. Yetkin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1008.1157},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

6 pages, 8 figures, Presented at CALOR2010: 14th International Conference for Calorimetry in High Energy Physics