Speaker
Frank Geurts
(Rice University (US))
Description
The 2014 RHIC run marks the complete installation of the Muon Telescope
Detector (MTD) by the STAR Collaboration. This detector upgrade is based
on long Multi-gap Resistive Plate Chambers (MRPCs) which have been
mounted outside STAR's magnet yoke. The MTD provides a coverage of 45%
in azimuth over almost one unit of pseudorapidity, centered around
mid-rapdity . The detector, in combination with other mid-rapidity
detectors and the newly installed Heavy Flavor Tracker, will enable STAR
to accurately address a wide range of physics that involve dilepton and
heavy-flavor probes. In this poster, we will present the physics
prospects of the MTD upgrade, as well as a first glimpse at its
performance in the present RHIC 200 GeV Au+Au heavy-ion run.
| On behalf of collaboration: | STAR |
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Author
Frank Geurts
(Rice University (US))
