Timing performance of the CMS High Granularity Calorimeter prototype
Journal
Journal of Instrumentation
Journal Volume
19
Journal Issue
04
Start Page
P04015
ISSN
1748-0221
Date Issued
2024-04-01
Author(s)
Abstract
This paper describes the experience with the calibration, reconstruction and evaluation of the timing capabilities of the CMS HGCAL prototype in the beam tests in 2018. The calibration procedure includes multiple steps and corrections ranging from tens of nanoseconds to a few hundred picoseconds. The timing performance is studied using signals from positron beam particles with energies between 20 GeV and 300 GeV. The performance is studied as a function of particle energy against an external timing reference as well as standalone by comparing the two different halves of the prototype. The timing resolution is found to be 60 ps for single-channel measurements and better than 20 ps for full showers at the highest energies, setting excellent perspectives for the HGCAL calorimeter performance at the HL-LHC.
Subjects
Calorimeter methods
Calorimeters
Particle tracking detectors (Solid-state detectors)
Timing detectors
Publisher
IOP Publishing
Type
journal article