3 papers
physics.ins-det2009
Stand-alone Cosmic Muon Reconstruction Before Installation of the CMS Silicon Strip Tracker
CMS Tracker Collaboration
The subsystems of the CMS silicon strip tracker were integrated and commissioned at the Tracker Integration Facility (TIF) in the period from November 2006 to July 2007. As part of…
physics.ins-det2009
Performance studies of the CMS Strip Tracker before installation
CMS Tracker Collaboration
In March 2007 the assembly of the Silicon Strip Tracker was completed at the Tracker Integration Facility at CERN. Nearly 15% of the detector was instrumented using cables, fiber o…
hep-ex2008
The FP420 R&D Project: Higgs and New Physics with forward protons at the LHC
M. G. Albrow, R. B. Appleby, M. Arneodo +95
We present the FP420 R&D project, which has been studying the key aspects of the development and installation of a silicon tracker and fast-timing detectors in the LHC tunnel at 42…