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Report number	LHCB-DP-2016-003 ; arXiv:1801.04281
Title	The HeRSCheL detector: high-rapidity shower counters for LHCb
Author(s)	Akiba, K.Carvalho (Rio de Janeiro Federal U.) ; Alessio, F. (CERN) ; Bondar, N. (CERN ; St. Petersburg, INP) ; Byczynski, W. (CERN) ; Coco, V. (CERN) ; Collins, P. (CERN) ; Dumps, R. (CERN) ; Dzhelyadin, R. (Serpukhov, IHEP) ; Gandini, P. (Oxford U.) ; Gruberg Cazon, B. R. (Oxford U.) ; Jacobsson, R. (CERN) ; Johnson, D. (CERN) ; Manthey, J. (CERN) ; Mauricio, J. (ICC, Barcelona U.) ; McNulty, R. (University Coll., Dublin) ; Monteil, S. (Clermont-Ferrand U.) ; Ravonel Salzgeber, M. (CERN) ; Roy, L. (CERN) ; Schindler, H. (CERN) ; Stevenson, S. (Oxford U.) ; Wilkinson, G. (Oxford U.)
Publication	2018-04-12
Imprint	2018-01-12
Number of pages	20
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In:	JINST 13 (2018) P04017
DOI	10.1088/1748-0221/13/04/P04017
Subject category	hep-ex ; Particle Physics - Experiment ; physics.ins-det ; Detectors and Experimental Techniques
Accelerator/Facility, Experiment	CERN LHC ; LHCb
Abstract	The HeRSCheL detector consists of a set of scintillating counters, designed to increase the coverage of the LHCb experiment in the high-rapidity regions on either side of the main spectrometer. The new detector improves the capabilities of LHCb for studies of diffractive interactions, most notably Central Exclusive Production. In this paper the construction, installation, commissioning, and performance of HeRSCheL are presented.
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