Construction of the Digital Hadron Calorimeter
2012
Particle Flow Algorithms (PFAs) have been proposed as a method of improving the jet energy resolution of future colliding beam detectors. PFAs require
calorimeterswith high granularity to enable three-dimensional imaging of events. The
Calorimeterfor the Linear Collider Collaboration (
CALICE) is developing and testing prototypes of such highly segmented
calorimeters. In this context, a large prototype of a Digital Hadron
Calorimeter(DHCAL) was developed and constructed by a group led by Argonne National Laboratory. The DHCAL consists of 52 layers, instrumented with Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs) and interleaved with steel absorber plates. The RPCs are read out by 1 x 1 cm2 pads with a 1-bit resolution (digital readout). The DHCAL prototype has approximately 480,000 readout channels. This talk reports on the design, construction and commissioning of the DHCAL. The DHCAL was installed at the
FermilabTest Beam Facility in fall 2010 and data was collected through the summer 2011.
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