2013/11/30 by LHCb Outer Tracker group, R. Arink, S. Bachmann +52 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #physics.ins-det
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/1748-0221/9/01/p01002
published as JINST 9 (2014) P01002 · 30 pages, 20 figures
arxiv created 2014/01/22 · arxiv updated 2014/01/23
The LHCb Outer Tracker is a gaseous detector covering an area of 5x6 m2 with 12 double layers of straw tubes. The detector with its services are described together with the commissioning and calibration procedures. Based on data of the first LHC running period from 2010 to 2012, the performance of the readout electronics and the single hit resolution and efficiency are presented. The efficiency to detect a hit in the central half of the straw is estimated to be 99.2%, and the position resolution is determined to be approximately 200 um. The Outer Tracker received a dose in the hottest region corresponding to 0.12 C/cm, and no signs of gain deterioration or other ageing effects are observed.