2008/01/31 by D. Miśkowiec, Dariusz Miskowiec, P. Braun‐Munzinger +1 · 3 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Calibration #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #Detector #Large Hadron Collider #Laser #Nuclear physics #Optics #Particle Detector Development and Performance #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Physics #Position (finance) #Spark chamber #Time projection chamber #nucl-ex
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.nima.2008.02.034
published in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment 593(3), 188-202 (Elsevier BV) · 28 pages, 26 figures; reference to the TPC preprint updated
arxiv created 2008/02/15 · openalex publication_date 2008/03/05 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
A Nd:YAG laser was used to simulate charged particle tracks at known positions in the CERES Time Projection Chamber at the CERN SPS. The system was primarily developed to study the response of the readout electronics and to calibrate the electron drift velocity. Further applications were the determination of the gating grid transparency, the chamber position calibration, and long-term monitoring of drift properties of the gas in the detector.