Characterisation of different stages of hadronic showers using the CALICE Si-W ECAL physics prototype

Abstract

A detailed investigation of hadronic interactions is performed using ${\pi }^{-}$-mesons with energies in the range 2--10 GeV incident on a high granularity silicon-tungsten electromagnetic calorimeter. The data were recorded at FNAL in 2008. The region in which the ${\pi }^{-}$-mesons interact with the detector material and the produced secondary particles are characterised using a novel track-finding algorithm that reconstructs tracks within hadronic showers in a calorimeter in the absence of a magnetic field. The principle of carrying out detector monitoring and calibration using secondary tracks is also demonstrated.

arXiv comment21 pages, 21 figures

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