New Submission Design and performance of MBD in sPHENIX
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Abstract
Design and performance of MBD in sPHENIX
Minimum Bias Detectors (MBD) are essential in high-energy physics experiments for triggering data readout in a wide array of collision events. At the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), protons and ions are accelerated to near light speed and collided, generating various particle interactions. The MBD is designed to collect hadronic collision events, ensuring minimal background contamination. At RHIC the first detector built in over a decade called sPHENIX features state-of-the-art calorimeter, tracking, global and forward detectors designed to explore the properties and behavior of the strongly coupled Quark Gluon Plasma (QGP) created in heavy-ion collisions. It underwent commissioning with Au+Au beams in 2023 and recently took data using p+p beams. In this talk, we will present the design and performance of the MBD in the commissioning and present performance plots of the MBD in Au+Au and p+p.
Minimum Bias Detectors (MBD) are essential in high-energy physics experiments for triggering data readout in a wide array of collision events. At the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), protons and ions are accelerated to near light speed and collided, generating various particle interactions. The MBD is designed to collect hadronic collision events, ensuring minimal background contamination. At RHIC the first detector built in over a decade called sPHENIX features state-of-the-art calorimeter, tracking, global and forward detectors designed to explore the properties and behavior of the strongly coupled Quark Gluon Plasma (QGP) created in heavy-ion collisions. It underwent commissioning with Au+Au beams in 2023 and recently took data using p+p beams. In this talk, we will present the design and performance of the MBD in the commissioning and present performance plots of the MBD in Au+Au and p+p.
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Presenters
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Lameck W Mwibanda
Florida A&M University
Authors
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Lameck W Mwibanda
Florida A&M University