Performance of the ALICE Time-Of-Flight detector at the LHC

A. Akindinov; A. Alici; A. Agostinelli; P. Antonioli; S. Arcelli; M. Basile; F. Bellini; G. Cara Romeo; L. Cifarelli; F. Cindolo; M. Colocci; A. De Caro; D. De Gruttola; S. De Pasquale; K. Doroud; M. Fusco Girard; B. Guerzoni; D. Hatzifotiadou; D. W. Kim; J. S. Kim; S. Kiselev; S. C. Lee; D. Malkevich; A. Margotti; R. Nania; A. Nedosekin; F. Noferini; P. Pagano; A. Pesci; O. Pinazza; R. Preghenella; E. Scapparone; G. Scioli; K. Voloshin; M. C. S. Williams; C. Zampolli; A. Zichichi

doi:10.1140/epjp/i2013-13044-x

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EPJ PLUS - Condensed Matter and Complex Systems

Focus Point on Recent advances and applications of Resistive Plate Chambers. Guest editor: E. Nappi

Eur. Phys. J. Plus (2013) 128: 44
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2013-13044-x

Regular Article

Performance of the ALICE Time-Of-Flight detector at the LHC

A. Akindinov¹³³⁵, A. Alici³³³⁵^,7335, A. Agostinelli²³³⁵^,3335, P. Antonioli³³³⁵, S. Arcelli²³³⁵^,3335, M. Basile²³³⁵^,3335, F. Bellini²³³⁵^,3335, G. Cara Romeo³³³⁵, L. Cifarelli²³³⁵^,3335^,7335, F. Cindolo³³³⁵, M. Colocci²³³⁵^,3335, A. De Caro⁵³³⁵^,7335, D. De Gruttola⁵³³⁵^,7335, S. De Pasquale⁵³³⁵, K. Doroud⁶³³⁵, M. Fusco Girard⁵³³⁵, B. Guerzoni²³³⁵^,3335, D. Hatzifotiadou³³³⁵, D. W. Kim⁴³³⁵, J. S. Kim⁴³³⁵, S. Kiselev¹³³⁵, S. C. Lee⁴³³⁵, D. Malkevich¹³³⁵, A. Margotti³³³⁵, R. Nania³³³⁵^*, A. Nedosekin¹³³⁵, F. Noferini³³³⁵^,7335, P. Pagano⁵³³⁵, A. Pesci³³³⁵, O. Pinazza³³³⁵, R. Preghenella³³³⁵^,7335, E. Scapparone³³³⁵, G. Scioli²³³⁵^,3335, K. Voloshin¹³³⁵, M. C. S. Williams³³³⁵, C. Zampolli³³³⁵ and A. Zichichi²³³⁵^,3335^,7335

¹³³⁵ Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow, Russia
²³³⁵ Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
³³³⁵ Sezione di Bologna, INFN, Bologna, Italy
⁴³³⁵ Department of Physics, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung, Republic of Korea
⁵³³⁵ Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Salerno, and INFN, Salerno, Italy
⁶³³⁵ World Laboratory, Geneva, Switzerland
⁷³³⁵ Museo Storico della Fisica e Centro Studi e Ricerche “Enrico Fermi”, Roma, Italy

^* e-mail: nania@bo.infn.it

Received: 18 March 2013
Accepted: 1 April 2013
Published online: 23 April 2013

Abstract

The Time-Of-Flight (TOF) detector of the ALICE experiment at the CERN LHC is based on Multi-gap Resistive Plate Chambers (MRPCs) technology. During the 2009-2013 data taking the TOF system had very stable operations with a total time resolution of 80ps. Details of the different calibration procedures and performance with data from collisions at the LHC will be described.

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