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10–15 Jan 2021
Weizmann Institute of Science
Asia/Jerusalem timezone
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Initial Stages of the upgraded ALICE TPC

Not scheduled
1h 30m
Patio (vDLCC)

Patio

vDLCC

bullet talk (poster) New facilities: DIS and hadronic experiments Poster

Speakers

Anna Onnerstad (Lund University (SE)) Panagiota Chatzidaki (Ruprecht Karls Universitaet Heidelberg (DE))

Description

The ALICE experiment, located at the CERN LHC, is dedicated to study the physics of ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collisions. In order to operate the ALICE Time Projection Chamber (TPC) in continuous mode, recording the full minimum-bias interaction rate of 50 kHz in Pb − Pb collisions, as anticipated at the LHC in Run 3 and beyond, the gated Multi Wire Proportional Chambers (MWPCs) were replaced by Gas Electron Multiplier-based readout chambers (GEMs). After the assembly and before commissioning of the TPC underground, pre-commissioning was performed in the clean room at the LHC Point 2 during November 2019 − August 2020, in order to ensure the functionality of all readout chambers (ROCs) and Front End Electronics (FEE).

During this pre-commissioning phase, an idea emerged to document some aspects of the upgrade. This resulted in a music video filmed inside the clean room, featuring close-ups of the detector as well as typical issues encountered during the shifts, as experienced by two master students.

Youtube link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0RS--32VvA&ab_channel=AnnaYiota

Primary authors

Anna Onnerstad (Lund University (SE)) Panagiota Chatzidaki (Ruprecht Karls Universitaet Heidelberg (DE))

Presentation materials