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Issue Eur. Phys. J. C Volume 62, Number 1, July 2009 Hot Quarks 2008 Page(s) 211 - 216 Section Regular Article - Experimental Physics DOI 10.1140/epjc/s10052-009-0953-y Published online 28 February 2009

Eur. Phys. J. C 62, 211-216 (2009)
DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-009-0953-y

Nose-cone calorimeter: PHENIX forward upgrade

Ondrej Chvala

University of California, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA

chvala@bnl.gov

Received 30 September 2008 / Revised version 20 January 2009 / Published online 28 February 2009

Abstract

PHENIX is a high rate experiment efficient at measuring rare processes, but has limited acceptance in azimuth and pseudorapidity (η). The Nose Cone Calorimeter (NCC), a W–Si sampling calorimeter in the region of 0.9<η<3, is one of the upgrades which will significantly increase coverage in both azimuth and pseudorapidity. The NCC will expand PHENIX’s precision measurements of electromagnetic probes in η, reconstruct jets, perform a wide scope of correlation measurements, and enhance triggering capabilities. The detector will significantly contribute to measurements of γ-jet correlations, quarkonia production, and low-x nuclear structure functions. This report discusses details of the detector design and its performance concerning a sample of the physics topics which will benefit from the NCC. In view of recent funding difficulties, outlook of the activities is discussed.

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Correspondence: chvala@bnl.gov


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