31 March 2023
H.C. Ørsted Institute
Europe/Copenhagen timezone
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A Forward Hadronic Calorimeter for ALICE at the LHC

31 Mar 2023, 15:40
1h 50m
Hall (H.C. Ørsted Institute)

Hall

H.C. Ørsted Institute

Universitetsparken 5 2100 København Ø

Description

Studying the gluon density in nucleons and nuclei require measurements at low-x. The Forward Calorimeter (FoCal) upgrade for ALICE will provide just such measurements. FoCal comprises two components, an Electromagnetic calorimeter (FoCal-E) and a Hadronic Calorimeter (FoCal-H). This poster will present results from the first prototype that informed the design of the second prototype.
In particular, I will present recent results from testbem measurements performed with FoCal-H second prototype at the CERN SPS, and how this compare to Monte Carlo simulations using different GEANT physics lists. Finally, I will present simulations of physics processes of interest based on realistic performance parameters of FoCal-H.

Field of study Quantum Physics
Supervisor Ian Bearden

Primary author

Laura Marie Dufke (University of Copenhagen)

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