Commissioning of the Silicon Drift Detectors of the ALICE experiment at the LHC
Emanuele Biolcati (for the ALICE collaboration)
TL;DR
This paper reports on the commissioning and performance evaluation of Silicon Drift Detectors used in the ALICE experiment's Inner Tracking System at the LHC, focusing on their noise, gain, drift speed, and charge collection.
Contribution
It provides a comprehensive analysis of the detector performance during commissioning, highlighting the operational characteristics of SDDs in a high-energy physics environment.
Findings
Detector noise levels within expected ranges
Gain and drift speed measurements consistent with specifications
Charge collection efficiency optimized for experimental conditions
Abstract
Silicon Drift Detectors (SDD) equip the two central layers of the Inner Tracking System of the ALICE experiment at the LHC. Main results of systematic studies of detector performance including noise, gain, drift speed and charge collection measurements will be reported
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Taxonomy
TopicsParticle Detector Development and Performance · High-Energy Particle Collisions Research · Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies