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The electronics used in the data readout and triggering system for the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) particle accelerator at CERN are exposed to high radiation levels. This radiation can cause…

The Level-1 trigger of the CMS experiment at CERN has been designed to select proton-proton interactions whose final state includes signatures of new physics in the form of high transverse energy electrons, photons, jets, or high missing…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2008-10-23 C. Foudas

In 2016, the Large Hadron Collider provided proton-proton collisions at 13 TeV center-of-mass energy and achieved very high luminosity and reliability. The performance of the CMS Experiment in this running period and a selection of recent…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-09-12 Joel Nathan Butler

Resistive Plate Counters (RPC) detectors at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiments use gas recirculation systems to cope with large gas mixture volumes and costs. In this paper a long-term systematic study about gas purifiers, gas…

We report on a systematic study of double-gap and four-gap phenolic resistive plate chambers (RPCs) for future high-{\eta} RPC triggers in the CMS. In the present study, we constructed real-sized double-gap and four-gap RPCs with gap…

The limitation of the detection rate of standard bakelite resistive plate chambers (RPC) used as muon detectors in the LHC experiments has prevented the use of such detectors in the high rate regions in both CMS and ATLAS detectors. One…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-12 Y. Haddad , G. Grenier , I. Laktineh , N. Lumb , S. Cauwenbergh

The CMS and ATLAS collaborations searched for Dark Matter (DM) particles directly produced in pair. The searches are performed using the full LHC Run-I dataset recorded with the CMS and ATLAS detectors in proton-proton collisions at a…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 Annapaola de Cosa

Resistive Plate Chamber (RPC) is one of the most commonly used detectors in high energy physics experiments for triggering and tracking because of its good efficiency ($\textgreater$~90\%) and time resolution ($\sim$~1-2~ns). Generally,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-03-21 A. Sen , S. Mandal , S. Chatterjee , S. Gope , S. Das , S. Biswas

In view of the approaching LHC operation the feasibility and accuracy of QCD measurements with the CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) involving hadrons and jets are discussed. This summary is based on analyses performed at…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-17 Klaus Rabbertz

We report on studies of fast triggering and high-precision tracking using Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs). Two beam tests were carried out with the 180 GeV muon beam at CERN using RPCs with gas gaps of 1.00 or 1.15 mm and equipped with…

This paper describes the CMS trigger system and its performance during Run 1 of the LHC. The trigger system consists of two levels designed to select events of potential physics interest from a GHz (MHz) interaction rate of proton-proton…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-01-26 CMS Collaboration

The ATLAS Muon Spectrometer is undergoing a major upgrade for the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC), including the addition of three new thin-gap Resistive Plate Chamber (RPC) layers in the inner barrel region. These RPCs have 1 mm gas gaps…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-01-10 F. Fallavollita , O. Kortner , H. Kroha , P. Maly , G. Proto , D. Soyk , E. Voevodina , J. Zimmermann

Resistive Plate Counters (RPC) detectors at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiments use gas recirculation systems to cope with large gas mixture volumes and costs. In this paper a long-term systematic study about gas purifiers, gas…

Resistive Plate Chamber (RPC) is a well-known gaseous detector in the field of High Energy Physics (HEP) experiments for its good tracking capability, high efficiency, good time resolution, and low cost of fabrication. The main issue in RPC…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-01-25 A. Sen , S. Chatterjee , S. Das , S. Biswas

Resistive plate chamber (RPC) is one of the state-of-the-art particle detection technology for the High Energy Physics (HEP) experiments. The basic operating mechanism of an RPC involves ionization of gas due to the passage of charged…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-12-30 Tanay Dey , Supratik Mukhopadhyay , Subhasis Chattopadhyay , Jhilam Sadukan

The 75,848 lead tungstate crystals in CMS experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider are used to measure the energy of electrons and photons produced in the proton-proton collisions. The optical transparency of the crystals degrades…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-03-28 Bhargav Joshi , Taihui Li , Buyun Liang , Roger Rusack , Ju Sun

A precise and efficient tracking is one of the critical components of the CMS physics program as it impacts the ability to reconstruct the physics objects needed to understand proton-proton collisions at the LHC. The CMS detector has…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-12-14 Walaa Elmetenawee

This paper discusses various observations on beam-induced and cosmic-ray backgrounds in the ATLAS detector during the LHC 2012 proton-proton run. Building on published results based on 2011 data, the correlations between background and…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-06-03 ATLAS Collaboration

As part of the Compact Muon Solenoid experiment Phase-II upgrade program, new Resistive Plate Chambers will be installed in the forward region. High background conditions are expected in this region during the high-luminosity phase of the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-06-02 Sabino Meola