Performance of a prototype of the CMS central detector

• Published in: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 1995-12, Vol.367 (1), p.189-192
• Main Authors: Adriani, O, Angelini, F, Bacchetta, N, Bagliesi, G, Barichello, G, Basti, A, Bellazzini, R, Bisello, D, Bondar, A, Bozzo, M, Brez, A, Brom, J.-M, Caner, A, Carosi, R, Castaldi, R, Clergeau, J.-F, Contardo, D, Dell'Orso, R, Focardi, E, French, M, Giraldo, A, Hall, G, Hammarström, R, Haroutunian, R, Jones, L, Kachelhoffer, G, Karimaki, V, Kryn, D, Loreti, M, Ladziński, T, MacEvoy, B, Markou, A, Massai, M.M, Messineo, A, Meschini, M, Millmore, M, Morelli, A, Meyer, T, Nagaslaev, V, Paccagnella, A, Pallares, A, Pantano, D, Parodi, F, Parrini, G, Peisert, A, Qian, S, Raffaelli, F, Raymond, M, Raffo, F, Ribeiro, R, Riester, J.L, Runolfsson, O, Sachdeva, R, Shekhtman, L, Smadja, G, Spandre, G, Spezziga, M, Tonelli, G, Toropin, A, Vander Velde, C, Vanlaer, P, Vannini, C, Verdini, P.G, Vitè, D, Wheadon, R, Zevgolatakos, E
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment; Physics
• ISSN: 0168-9002; 1872-9576
• DOI: 10.1016/0168-9002(95)00641-9

A prototype of the barrel Tracking Detector of the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment proposed for LHC was built and tested in a beam and in a magnetic field of up to 3 T. It contained six microstrip gas chambers, 25 cm long, and three double-sided silicon microstrip detectors, 12.5 cm long. We report some preliminary results on the performance of the chambers.