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The TOTEM experiment at the CERN large hadron collider

  • G. Anelli
  • , G. Antchev
  • , P. Aspell
  • , V. Avati
  • , M. G. Bagliesi
  • , V. Berardi
  • , M. Berretti
  • , V. Boccone
  • , U. Bottigli
  • , M. Bozzo
  • , E. Brücken
  • , A. Buzzo
  • , F. Cafagna
  • , M. Calicchio
  • , F. Capurro
  • , M. G. Catanesi
  • , P. L. Catastini
  • , R. Cecchi
  • , S. Cerchi
  • , R. Cereseto
  • M. A. Ciocci, S. Cuneo, C. Da Vià, E. David, M. Deile, E. Dimovasili, M. Doubrava, K. Eggert, V. Eremin, F. Ferro, A. Foussat, M. Galuška, F. Garcia, F. Gherarducci, S. Giani, V. Greco, J. Hasi, F. Haug, J. Heino, T. Hilden, P. Jarron, C. Joram, J. Kalliopuska, J. Kaplon, J. Kašpar, V. Kundrát, K. Kurvinen, J. M. Lacroix, S. Lami, G. Latino, R. Lauhakangas, E. Lippmaa, M. Lokajíček, M. Lo Vetere, F. Lucas Rodriguez, D. Macina, M. Macrí, C. Magazzù, G. Magazzù, A. Magri, G. Maire, A. Manco, M. Meucci, S. Minutoli, A. Morelli, P. Musico, M. Negri, H. Niewiadomski, E. Noschis, G. Notarnicola, E. Oliveri, F. Oljemark, R. Orava, M. Oriunno, A. L. Perrot, K. Österberg, R. Paoletti, E. Pedreschi, J. Petäjäjärvi, P. Pollovio, M. Quinto, E. Radermacher, E. Radicioni, S. Rangod, F. Ravotti, G. Rella, E. Robutti, L. Opelewski, G. Ruggiero, A. Rummel, H. Saarikko, G. Sanguinetti, A. Santroni, A. Scribano, G. Sette, W. Snoeys, F. Spinella, P. Squillacioti, A. Ster, C. Taylor, A. Tazzioli, D. Orazza, A. Trovato, A. Trummal, N. Turini, V. Vacek, N. Van Remortel, V. Vinš, S. Watts, J. Whitmore, J. Wu
  • CERN
  • Pennsylvania State University
  • University of Siena
  • National Institute for Nuclear Physics
  • University of Genoa
  • University of Helsinki
  • Czech Technical University in Prague
  • Ioffe Physical Technical Institute
  • Brunel University London
  • University of Manchester
  • Czech Academy of Sciences
  • National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics, Tallinn
  • Wigner Research Centre for Physics
  • Case Western Reserve University

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Abstract

The TOTEM Experiment will measure the total pp cross-section with the luminosity- independent method and study elastic and diffractive scattering at the LHC. To achieve optimum forward coverage for charged particles emitted by the pp collisions in the interaction point IP5, two tracking telescopes, T1 and T2, will be installed on each side in the pseudorapidity region 3.1 ≤ |n| ≤ 6.5, and Roman Pot stations will be placed at distances of ±147m and ±220m from IP5. Being an independent experiment but technically integrated into CMS, TOTEM will first operate in standalone mode to pursue its own physics programme and at a later stage together with CMS for a common physics programme. This article gives a description of the TOTEM apparatus and its performance.

Original languageEnglish
Article numberS08007
JournalJournal of Instrumentation
Volume3
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008

Keywords

  • Analogue electronic circuits
  • Data acquisition circuits
  • Data acquisition concepts
  • Detector control systems
  • Detector cooling and thermo-stabilization
  • Detector design and construction
  • Digital electronic circuits
  • Electronic detector readout concepts
  • Front-end electronics for detector readout
  • Gaseous detectors
  • Modular electronics
  • Optical detector readout concepts
  • Overall mechanics design
  • Particle tracking detectors
  • Solid state detectors
  • Trigger concepts and systems
  • VLSI circuits

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