Physics – Nuclear Physics – Nuclear Experiment
Scientific paper
2008-05-06
Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A595:27-30,2008
Physics
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Experiment
Talk presented at the RICH 2007. 4pages, 6 figures
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.nima.2008.07.088
ALICE has been specifically optimized to study heavy-ion collisions at the LHC, up to a charged particle density of 8000 per unit of rapidity in central heavy-ion collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 5.5 TeV. The High Momentum Particle Identification Detector (HMPID) has a proximity focusing geometry with a liquid $\rm C_{6}F_{14}$ Cherenkov radiator coupled to Multi-Wire Pad Chambers (MWPC) equipped with CsI photocathodes, over a total active area of 11 $\rm m^2$. It has been designed to identify charged pions and kaons in the range 1 $\leq p \leq$ 3 \GeV/$c$ and protons in the range 2 $\leq p \leq$ 5 \GeV/$c$. The as-built detector and all relevant subsystems (gas, liquid $\rm C_{6}F_{14}$, cooling and control) are described. Installation issues and first commissioning results are also presented.
ALICE-HMPID Group for the
Molnar Levente
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