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Performance studies of the CMS Strip Tracker before installation
W Adam, T Bergauer, M Dragicevic, M Friedl, R Frühwirth, S Hänsel, J Hrubec, M Krammer, M Oberegger, M Pernicka, S Schmid, R Stark, H Steininger, D Uhl, W Waltenberger, E Widl, P Van Mechelen, M Cardaci, W Beaumont, E de Langhe, E A de Wolf, E Delmeire, M Hashemi, O Bouhali, O Charaf, B Clerbaux, J-P Dewulf, S Elgammal, G Hammad, G de Lentdecker, P Marage, C Vander Velde, P Vanlaer, J Wickens, V Adler, O Devroede, S De Weirdt, J D'Hondt, R Goorens, J Heyninck, J Maes, M Mozer, S Tavernier, L Van Lancker, P Van Mulders, I Villella, C Wastiels, J-L Bonnet, G Bruno, B De Callatay, B Florins, A Giammanco, G Gregoire, Th Keutgen, D Kcira, V Lemaitre, D Michotte, O Militaru, K Piotrzkowski, L Quertermont, V Roberfroid, X Rouby, D Teyssier, E Daubie, E Anttila, S Czellar, P Engström, J Härkönen, V Karimäki, J Kostesmaa, A Kuronen, T Lampén, T Lindén, P-R Luukka, T Mäenpää, S Michal, E Tuominen, J Tuominiemi, M Ageron, G Baulieu, A Bonnevaux, G Boudoul, E Chabanat, E Chabert, R Chierici, D Contardo, R Della Negra, T Dupasquier, G Gelin, N Giraud, G Guillot, N Estre, R Haroutunian, N Lumb, S Perries, F Schirra, B Trocme, S Vanzetto, J-L Agram, R Blaes, F Drouhin, J-P Ernenwein, J-C Fontaine, J-D Berst, J-M Brom, F Didierjean, U Goerlach, P Graehling, L Gross, J Hosselet, P Juillot, A Lounis, C Maazouzi, C Olivetto, R Strub, P Van Hove, G Anagnostou, R Brauer, H Esser, L Feld, W Karpinski, K Klein, C Kukulies, J Olzem, A Ostapchuk, D Pandoulas, G Pierschel, F Raupach, S Schael, G Schwering, D Sprenger, M Thomas, M Weber, B Wittmer, M Wlochal, F Beissel, E Bock, G Flugge, C Gillissen, T Hermanns, D Heydhausen, D Jahn, G Kaussen, A Linn, L Perchalla, M Poettgens, O Pooth, A Stahl, M H Zoeller, P Buhmann, E Butz, G Flucke, R Hamdorf, J Hauk, R Klanner, U Pein, P Schleper, G Steinbrück, P Blüm, W De Boer, A Dierlamm, G Dirkes, M Fahrer, M Frey, A Furgeri, F Hartmann, S Heier, K-H Hoffmann, J Kaminski, B Ledermann, T Liamsuwan, S Müller, Th Müller, F-P Schilling, H-J Simonis, P Steck, V Zhukov, P Cariola, G De Robertis, R Ferorelli, L Fiore, M Preda, G Sala, L Silvestris, P Tempesta, G Zito, D Creanza, N De Filippis, M De Palma, D Giordano, G Maggi, N Manna, S My, G Selvaggi, S Albergo, M Chiorboli, S Costa, M Galanti, N Giudice, N Guardone, F Noto, R Potenza, M A Saizu, V Sparti, C Sutera, A Tricomi, C Tuvè, M Brianzi, C Civinini, F Maletta, F Manolescu, M Meschini, S Paoletti, G Sguazzoni, B Broccolo, V Ciulli, R D'Alessandro, E Focardi, S Frosali, C Genta, G Landi, P Lenzi, A Macchiolo, N Magini, G Parrini, E Scarlini, G Cerati, P Azzi, N Bacchetta, A Candelori, T Dorigo, A Kaminsky, S Karaevski, V Khomenkov, S Reznikov, M Tessaro, D Bisello, M De Mattia, P Giubilato, M Loreti, S Mattiazzo, M Nigro, A Paccagnella, D Pantano, N Pozzobon, M Tosi, G M Bilei, B Checcucci, L Fanò, L Servoli, F Ambroglini, E Babucci, D Benedetti, M Biasini, B Caponeri, R Covarelli, M Giorgi, P Lariccia, G Mantovani, M Marcantonini, V Postolache, A Santocchia, D Spiga, G 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Jaditz, P Kalavase, S Kreyer, S Kyre, J Lamb, C Mc Guinness, C Mills, H Nguyen, M Nikolic, S Lowette, F Rebassoo, J Ribnik, J Richman, N Rubinstein, S Sanhueza, Y Shah, L Simms, D Staszak, J Stoner, D Stuart, S Swain, J-R Vlimant, D White, K A Ulmer, S R Wagner, L Bagby, P C Bhat, K Burkett, S Cihangir, O Gutsche, H Jensen, M Johnson, N Luzhetskiy, D Mason, T Miao, S Moccia, C Noeding, A Ronzhin, E Skup, W J Spalding, L Spiegel, S Tkaczyk, F Yumiceva, A Zatserklyaniy, E Zerev, I Anghel, V E Bazterra, C E Gerber, S Khalatian, E Shabalina, P Baringer, A Bean, J Chen, C Hinchey, C Martin, T Moulik, R Robinson, A V Gritsan, C K Lae, N V Tran, P Everaerts, K A Hahn, P Harris, S Nahn, M Rudolph, K Sung, B Betchart, R Demina, Y Gotra, S Korjenevski, D Miner, D Orbaker, L Christofek, R Hooper, G Landsberg, D Nguyen, M Narain, T Speer and K V Tsang
Published 9 June 2009 •
Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd
Journal of Instrumentation,
Volume 4,
June 2009
Citation W Adam et al 2009 JINST4 P06009DOI 10.1088/1748-0221/4/06/P06009
In March 2007 the assembly of the Silicon Strip Tracker was
completed at the Tracker Integration Facility at CERN. Nearly 15%
of the detector was instrumented using cables, fiber optics, power
supplies, and electronics intended for the operation at the LHC. A
local chiller was used to circulate the coolant for low temperature
operation. In order to understand the efficiency and alignment of
the strip tracker modules, a cosmic ray trigger was
implemented. From March through July 4.5 million triggers were
recorded. This period, referred to as the Sector Test, provided
practical experience with the operation of the Tracker, especially
safety, data acquisition, power, and cooling systems. This paper
describes the performance of the strip system during the Sector
Test, which consisted of five distinct periods defined by the
coolant temperature. Significant emphasis is placed on comparisons
between the data and results from Monte Carlo studies.
