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The BRAHMS experiment at RHIC

  • M. Adamczyk
  • , L. Antvorskov
  • , K. Ashktorab
  • , K. Asselta
  • , E. Baker
  • , I. G. Bearden
  • , D. Beavis
  • , C. Besliu
  • , Y. Blyakhman
  • , J. Brzychczyk
  • , B. Budick
  • , H. Bøggild
  • , C. Chasman
  • , C. H. Christensen
  • , P. Christiansen
  • , J. Cibor
  • , R. Debbe
  • , H. Diaz
  • , L. Dutka
  • , J. Engelhardt
  • J. J. Gaardhøje, K. Grotowski, K. Hagel*, J. Hammond, J. C. Hansen, O. Hansen, A. Holm, A. K. Holme, H. Ito, E. Jakobsen, A. Jipa, J. I. Jørdre, F. Jundt, C. E. Jørgensen, M. Justice, M. Kajetanowicz, T. Keutgen, E. J. Kim, E. Kotula, T. Kozik, T. M. Larsen, N. Lindegaard, J. H. Lee, Y. K. Lee, G. Løvhøiden, Z. Majka, A. Makeev, E. McBreen, M. Murray, J. Natowitz, B. S. Nielsen, K. Olchanski, J. Olness, E. K. Olsen, D. Ouerdane, C. Pearson, K. Pena, D. Phillips, R. Płaneta, F. Rami, O. B. Rasmussen, D. Röhrich, B. H. Samset, S. J. Sanders, R. A. Scheetz, J. Sørensen, Z. Sosin, P. Staszel, T. F. Thorsteinsen, T. S. Tveter, F. Videbæk, R. Wada, J. Westergaard, A. Wieloch, I. S. Zgura
*Corresponding author for this work
  • Jagiellonian University in Kraków
  • University of Copenhagen
  • Brookhaven National Laboratory
  • University of Bucharest
  • New York University
  • Polish Academy of Sciences
  • United States Department of Energy
  • University of Oslo
  • University of Kansas
  • University of Bergen
  • Université de Strasbourg
  • Nowoczesna Elektronika
  • Johns Hopkins University

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Abstract

The BRAHMS experiment at RHIC was conceived to pursue the understanding of nuclear matter under extreme conditions by detailed measurements of charged hadrons over the widest possible range of rapidity and transverse momentum. The experiment consists of two spectrometers with complementary charged hadron detection capabilities as well as a series of global detectors for event characterization. A series of tracking detectors, time-of-flight arms and Cherenkov detectors enables momentum determination and particle identification over a wide range of rapidity and transverse momentum. Technical details and performance results are presented for the various detector subsystems. The performance of the entire system working together is shown to meet the goals of the experiment.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)437-468
Number of pages32
JournalNuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume499
Issue number2-3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2003.03.1

Keywords

  • Particle ID
  • Relativistic Heavy ions
  • Spectrometer

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