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Study of the material of the ATLAS inner detector for Run 2 of the LHC

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posted on 2023-06-09, 15:50 authored by N L Abraham, Benedict AllbrookeBenedict Allbrooke, Lily AsquithLily Asquith, Alessandro Cerri, C A Chavez Barajas, Antonella De SantoAntonella De Santo, Samuel Jones, G Lerner, F Miano, Fabrizio SalvatoreFabrizio Salvatore, I Santoyo Castillo, Kate ShawKate Shaw, C Y Shehu, Thomas StevensonThomas Stevenson, K Suruliz, Mark SuttonMark Sutton, Fabio Tresoldi, Iacopo Vivarelli, E Winkels, O J Winston, The ATLAS Collaboration, others
The ATLAS inner detector comprises three different sub-detectors: the pixel detector, the silicon strip tracker, and the transition-radiation drift-tube tracker. The Insertable B -Layer, a new innermost pixel layer, was installed during the shutdown period in 2014, together with modifications to the layout of the cables and support structures of the existing pixel detector. The material in the inner detector is studied with several methods, using a low-luminosity vs =13 TeV pp collision sample corresponding to around 2.0nb -1 collected in 2015 with the ATLAS experiment at the LHC. In this paper, the material within the innermost barrel region is studied using reconstructed hadronic interaction and photon conversion vertices. For the forward rapidity region,the material is probed by a measurement of the efficiency with which single tracks reconstructed from pixel detector hits alone can be extended with hits on the track in the strip layers. The results of these studies have been taken into account in an improved description of the material in the ATLAS inner detector simulation, resulting in a reduction in the uncertainties associated with the charged-particle reconstruction efficiency determined from simulation.

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Journal

Journal of Instrumentation

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1748-0221

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IOP Publishing

Volume

12

Page range

P12009 1-57

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  • Physics and Astronomy Publications

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  • Experimental Particle Physics Research Group Publications

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Legacy Posted Date

2018-11-12

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2018-11-12

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2018-11-09

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