Title
Measurement of the muon stopping power in lead tungstate
Date Issued
01 December 2010
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Chatrchyan S.
Khachatryan V.
Sirunyan A.M.
Adam W.
Arnold B.
Bergauer H.
Bergauer T.
Dragicevic M.
Eichberger M.
Erö J.
Friedl M.
Frühwirth R.
Ghete V.M.
Hammer J.
Hansel S.
Hoch M.
Hörmann N.
Hrubec J.
Jeitler M.
Kasieczka G.
Kastner K.
Krammer M.
Liko D.
De Magrans Abril I.
Mikulec I.
Mittermayr F.
Neuherz B.
Oberegger M.
Padrta M.
Pernicka M.
Rohringer H.
Schmid S.
Schöfbeck R.
Schreiner T.
Stark R.
Steininger H.
Strauss J.
Taurok A.
Teischinger F.
Themel T.
Uhl D.
Wagner P.
Waltenberger W.
Walzel G.
Widl E.
Wulz C.E.
Chekhovsky V.
Dvornikov O.
Emeliantchik I.
Litomin A.
Makarenko V.
Marfin I.
Mossolov V.
Shumeiko N.
Solin A.
Stefanovitch R.
Suarez Gonzalez J.
Tikhonov A.
Fedorov A.
Karneyeu A.
Korzhik M.
Panov V.
Zuyeuski R.
Kuchinsky P.
Beaumont W.
Benucci L.
Cardaci M.
De Wolf E.A.
Delmeire E.
Druzhkin D.
Hashemi M.
Janssen X.
Maes T.
Mucibello L.
Ochesanu S.
Rougny R.
Selvaggi M.
Van Haevermaet H.
Van Mechelen P.
Van Remortel N.
Adler V.
Beauceron S.
Blyweert S.
D'Hondt J.
De Weirdt S.
Devroede O.
Heyninck J.
Kalogeropoulos A.
Maes J.
Maes M.
Mozer M.U.
Tavernier S.
Van Doninck W.
Van Mulders P.
Villella I.
Bouhali O.
Chabert E.C.
Charaf O.
Clerbaux B.
De Lentdecker G.
Publisher(s)
Institute of Physics
Abstract
A large sample of cosmic ray events collected by the CMS detector is exploited to measure the specific energy loss of muons in the lead tungstate (PbWO4) of the electromagnetic calorimeter. The measurement spans a momentum range from 5 GeV/c to 1 TeV/c. The results are consistent with the expectations over the entire range. The calorimeter energy scale, set with 120 GeV/c electrons, is validated down to the sub-GeV region using energy deposits, of order 100 MeV, associated with low-momentum muons. The muon critical energy in PbWO4 is measured to be 160+5-68 GeV, in agreement with expectations. This is the first experimental determination of muon critical energy. © 2010 IOP Publishing Ltd and SISSA.
Volume
5
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Física nuclear
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-79953271786
Source
Journal of Instrumentation
ISSN of the container
17480221
Sponsor(s)
Science and Technology Facilities Council - GRIDPP, John Adams Institute, PP/E000479/1, PP/E002722/1, ST/F006748/1, ST/F007434/1, ST/G008531/1, ST/G502347/1, ST/G502412/1, ST/H000925/1, ST/H000992/1, ST/I000410/1, ST/I002200/1, ST/I002839/1, ST/J002011/1, ST/K001582/1.
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