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| Title | The TOTEM T2 telescope based on triple-GEM chambers |
| Author(s) | Bagliesi, M G (Siena U. ; INFN, Pisa) ; Berretti, M (Siena U. ; INFN, Pisa) ; Brucken, E (Helsinki U.) ; Cecchi, R (Siena U. ; INFN, Pisa) ; David, E (CERN) ; Garcia, F (Helsinki U.) ; Greco, V (Siena U. ; INFN, Pisa) ; Heino, J (Helsinki U.) ; Hilden, T (Helsinki U.) ; Kurvinen, K (Helsinki U.) ; Lauhakangas, R (Helsinki U.) ; Lami, S (Siena U. ; INFN, Pisa) ; Latino, G (Siena U. ; INFN, Pisa) ; Magazzu, G (Siena U. ; INFN, Pisa) ; Oliveri, E (Siena U. ; INFN, Pisa) ; Pedreschi, E (Siena U. ; INFN, Pisa) ; Ropelewski, L (CERN) ; Scribano, A (Siena U. ; INFN, Pisa) ; Spinella, F (Siena U. ; INFN, Pisa) ; Turini, N (Siena U. ; INFN, Pisa) ; van Stenis, M (CERN) |
| Publication | 2010 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| In: | Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., A 617 (2010) 134-137 |
| In: | 11th Pisa Meeting on Advanced Detectors on Frontier Detectors For Frontier Physics, La Biodola, Italy, 24 - 30 May 2009, pp.134-137 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.nima.2009.07.006 |
| Subject category | Detectors and Experimental Techniques |
| Accelerator/Facility, Experiment | CERN LHC ; TOTEM |
| Abstract | The TOTEM experiment at LHC has chosen the triple Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) technology for its T2 telescope which will provide charged track reconstruction in the pseudorapidity range 5.3<|η|<6.5 and a fully inclusive trigger for inelastic events. GEMs are gas filled detectors which combine good spatial resolution with very high rate capability and a good resistance to radiation. Preliminary results of cosmic ray tests performed at CERN on final T2 modules before installation are here presented. Comparisons between real and simulated detector performance are also shown. |