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Energy Measurements
Measuring particles energies through
Electromagnetic and Hadronic interactions
At lower energies,
Ionization becomes
important.
After n generations (dx= nX0), 2n particles, avg energy E0/2n for shower.
Cascade stops: e- energy critical energy Ec= E0/2n.
Number of generations: n=ln(E0/Ec)/ln2.
Number of particles at shower maximum: Np = 2n = E0/Ec.
EM Shower Properties
Typical properties of electromagnetic showers:
# particles at shower maximum Np proportional to E0
Track length (depth) of e- and e+ proportional to E0
Depth for maximum Xmax increases logarithmically:
Longitudinal energy deposition:
dE
= E 0ct exp(t),wheret = X / X 0 and
dt
0.5, t max ,andc = +1 /( + 1)
varylogarithmicallywithenergy
Losses of Resolution:
Shower not contained in detector fluctuation of leakage energy;
longitudinal losses are worse than transverse leakage.
Statistical fluctuations in number of photoelectrons observed in
detector. If p =N p / E 0 is # photoelectrons per unit primary particle E,
[ (E) / E ] PE = 1/ E 0
Sampling
fluctuations if the counter is layered with inactive absorber.
Sampling
calorimeters:
Layers of inactive absorber (such as Pb) alternating with active detector
layers, such as scintillator or liquid. Resolutions ~7%/E or so.
E/E ~ 20%/E
E/E ~ 1%/E
H2 63 52.4
absorption length . Compare X0 for
Al 24 106
high-Z materials, we see that the size
Fe 13.8 132
needed for hadron calorimeters is
Pb 6.3 193
large compared to EM calorimeters.
Compensating Calorimeters
Improvements in energy resolution can be achieved if
showers induced by electrons and hadrons of same
energy produce same visible energy (detector response).
Three methods:
Energy lost by nuclear reactions made up for by fission
of 238U, liberating n and soft rays. Can get response close to
equal: proton-rich detector em shower decreases, had shower
increases due to more nuclear reactions.
If have lots of H2, compensation achieved with high
absorber material: in inelastic collision of hadrons w/ absorber
nuclei, neutrons are produced recoil protons, larger signal.
Reduce fluctuation in EM component: weight individual
counter responses, and even response out across the board.
CDF Sampling Calorimeter
calorimeter is
arranged in projective
towers pointing at
the interaction region
Tells us the
Higgs is close!
Complicated Confidence Interval
All the worlds knowledge about the CKM matrix