International Journal of
Physical Sciences

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. Phys. Sci.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1992-1950
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJPS
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 2578

Full Length Research Paper

Comparison of the performance of analog and digital hadronic sampling calorimeters

Y. Elmahroug1*, B. Tellili1,2 and S. Chedly3
1Unité de Recherche de Physique Nucléaire et des Hautes Energies, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, 2092 Tunis, Tunisie. 2Université de Tunis El Manar, Institut Supérieur des Technologies Médicales de Tunis, 1006 Tunis, Tunisie. 3Université de Carthage, École Polytechnique de Tunisie, B.P. 743 - 2078 La Marsa, Tunisie.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 29 January 2013
  •  Published: 30 January 2013

Abstract

By using the tungsten as passive element and the Glass Resistive Plate Chambers (GRPCs) as active element, the gaseous hadronic calorimeter is studied as a possible detector for the future International Linear Collider (ILC). The results of the numerical study, using the GEANT4 simulation package, of the performance of this calorimeter when it is exposed to a negative pion beam in an energy range from 5 GeV to 100 GeV are presented in this paper. Operating characteristics of this prototype, such as signal linearity, energy resolution and reconstructed energy have been simulated and examined. Moreover, a comparison between the Digital Hadron Calorimeter (DHCAL) and the Analog Hadron Calorimeter (AHCAL) is made.

 

Key words: Calorimetry, resistive plate chambers, international linear collider (ILC), GEANT4.

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