Calibrating the forward calorimeter of the CMS detector using a 60Co radioactive source

N. Akchurin; V. B. Gavrilov; A. A. Krokhotin; S. V. Semenov; A. L. Ul'Yanov; E. V. Vlasov; A. A. Ershov

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Calibrating the forward calorimeter of the CMS detector using a ⁶⁰Co radioactive source

N. Akchurin, V. B. Gavrilov, A. A. Krokhotin, S. V. Semenov, A. L. Ul'Yanov, E. V. Vlasov, A. A. Ershov

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Three methods for calibrating the forward calorimeter (HF) of the CMS detector using a ⁶⁰Co radioactive source with an activity of 5 mCi are discussed. These methods are shown to provide a calibration accuracy of ∼ 5% with respect to the calibration on a 100-GeV electron beam.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	744-749
Number of pages	6
Journal	Instruments and Experimental Techniques
Volume	50
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1134/S002044120706005X
State	Published - Nov 2007

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Calibrating the forward calorimeter of the CMS detector using a ⁶⁰Co radioactive source

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