The sPHENIX experiment is a new generation of large acceptance detectors at the relativistic heavy ion collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory,with scientific goals focusing on probing the strongly interacting Quar...The sPHENIX experiment is a new generation of large acceptance detectors at the relativistic heavy ion collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory,with scientific goals focusing on probing the strongly interacting Quark–Gluon plasma with hard probes of jets,open heavy flavor particles,andγproduction.The EMCal detector,which covers the pseudo-rapidity region of|η|≤1.1,is an essential subsystem of sPHENIX.In this study,we focused on producing and testing EMCal blocks covering a pseudo-rapidity of|η|∈[0.8,1.1].These,in conjunction with the central pseudo-rapidity EMCal blocks,significantly enhance the sPHENIX physics capability of the jet andγparticle measurements.In this paper,the detector module production and testing of sPHENIX W-powder/scintillating fiber(W/ScFi)electromagnetic calorimeter blocks are presented.The selection of the tungsten powder,mold fabrication,QA procedures,and cosmic ray test results are discussed.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(Nos.2019YFE0114300 and 2022YFA1604900)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.11905036)+1 种基金the STCSM(No.23590780100)the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.XDB34030200)。
文摘The sPHENIX experiment is a new generation of large acceptance detectors at the relativistic heavy ion collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory,with scientific goals focusing on probing the strongly interacting Quark–Gluon plasma with hard probes of jets,open heavy flavor particles,andγproduction.The EMCal detector,which covers the pseudo-rapidity region of|η|≤1.1,is an essential subsystem of sPHENIX.In this study,we focused on producing and testing EMCal blocks covering a pseudo-rapidity of|η|∈[0.8,1.1].These,in conjunction with the central pseudo-rapidity EMCal blocks,significantly enhance the sPHENIX physics capability of the jet andγparticle measurements.In this paper,the detector module production and testing of sPHENIX W-powder/scintillating fiber(W/ScFi)electromagnetic calorimeter blocks are presented.The selection of the tungsten powder,mold fabrication,QA procedures,and cosmic ray test results are discussed.
