Particle Identification Studies with an ALICE Test TPC

Abstract

Using a test TPC, consisting of the ALICE TPC field cage prototype in combination with the final ALICE TPC readout and electronics, the energy loss distribution and resolution were measured for identified protons. The measurements were compared to theoretical calculations and good quantitative agreement was found when detector effects were taken into account. The implications for particle identification are discussed.

6 pages, 4 figures, Quark Matter 06 poster proceeding

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• Identified baryon and meson distributions at large transverse momenta from Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{{}_{NN}}}=200$ GeV