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Commissioning of the ATLAS Muon Spectrometer with cosmic rays

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The ATLAS Collaboration, ; Aad, G; Abbott, B; Abdallah, J; Abdelalim, AA; Abdesselam, A; Abdinov, O; Abi, B; Abolins, M; Abramowicz, H; Adye, T ...
Published in: European Physical Journal C
December 1, 2010

The ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider has collected several hundred million cosmic ray events during 2008 and 2009. These data were used to commission the Muon Spectrometer and to study the performance of the trigger and tracking chambers, their alignment, the detector control system, the data acquisition and the analysis programs. We present the performance in the relevant parameters that determine the quality of the muon measurement. We discuss the single element efficiency, resolution and noise rates, the calibration method of the detector response and of the alignment system, the track reconstruction efficiency and the momentum measurement. The results show that the detector is close to the design performance and that the Muon Spectrometer is ready to detect muons produced in high energy proton-proton collisions. © 2010 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration.

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Published In

European Physical Journal C

DOI

EISSN

1434-6052

ISSN

1434-6044

Publication Date

December 1, 2010

Volume

70

Issue

3

Start / End Page

875 / 916

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 5107 Particle and high energy physics
  • 5102 Atomic, molecular and optical physics
  • 5101 Astronomical sciences
  • 0206 Quantum Physics
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
 

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The ATLAS Collaboration, ., Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdelalim, A. A., Abdesselam, A., … Astvatsatourov, A. (2010). Commissioning of the ATLAS Muon Spectrometer with cosmic rays. European Physical Journal C, 70(3), 875–916. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-010-1415-2
The ATLAS Collaboration, V., G. Aad, B. Abbott, J. Abdallah, A. A. Abdelalim, A. Abdesselam, O. Abdinov, et al. “Commissioning of the ATLAS Muon Spectrometer with cosmic rays.” European Physical Journal C 70, no. 3 (December 1, 2010): 875–916. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-010-1415-2.
The ATLAS Collaboration, Aad G, Abbott B, Abdallah J, Abdelalim AA, Abdesselam A, et al. Commissioning of the ATLAS Muon Spectrometer with cosmic rays. European Physical Journal C. 2010 Dec 1;70(3):875–916.
The ATLAS Collaboration, V., et al. “Commissioning of the ATLAS Muon Spectrometer with cosmic rays.” European Physical Journal C, vol. 70, no. 3, Dec. 2010, pp. 875–916. Scopus, doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-010-1415-2.
The ATLAS Collaboration, Aad G, Abbott B, Abdallah J, Abdelalim AA, Abdesselam A, Abdinov O, Abi B, Abolins M, Abramowicz H, Abreu H, Acharya BS, Adams DL, Addy TN, Adelman J, Adorisio C, Adragna P, Adye T, Aefsky S, Aguilar-Saavedra JA, Aharrouche M, Ahlen SP, Ahles F, Ahmad A, Ahmed H, Ahsan M, Aielli G, Akdogan T, Åkesson TPA, Akimoto G, Akimov AV, Aktas A, Alam MS, Alam MA, Albrand S, Aleksa M, Aleksandrov IN, Alexa C, Alexander G, Alexandre G, Alexopoulos T, Alhroob M, Aliev M, Alimonti G, Alison J, Aliyev M, Allport PP, Allwood-Spiers SE, Almond J, Aloisio A, Alon R, Alonso A, Alviggi MG, Amako K, Amelung C, Amorim A, Amorós G, Amram N, Anastopoulos C, Andeen T, Anders CF, Anderson KJ, Andreazza A, Andrei V, Anduaga XS, Angerami A, Anghinolfi F, Anjos N, Annovi A, Antonaki A, Antonelli M, Antonelli S, Antos J, Antunovic B, Anulli F, Aoun S, Arabidze G, Aracena I, Arai Y, Arce ATH, Archambault JP, Arfaoui S, Arguin JF, Argyropoulos T, Arik M, Armbruster AJ, Arnaez O, Arnault C, Artamonov A, Arutinov D, Asai M, Asai S, Asfandiyarov R, Ask S, Åsman B, Asner D, Asquith L, Assamagan K, Astbury A, Astvatsatourov A. Commissioning of the ATLAS Muon Spectrometer with cosmic rays. European Physical Journal C. 2010 Dec 1;70(3):875–916.
Journal cover image

Published In

European Physical Journal C

DOI

EISSN

1434-6052

ISSN

1434-6044

Publication Date

December 1, 2010

Volume

70

Issue

3

Start / End Page

875 / 916

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 5107 Particle and high energy physics
  • 5102 Atomic, molecular and optical physics
  • 5101 Astronomical sciences
  • 0206 Quantum Physics
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics