Speaker
Dr
Djamel Boumediene
(LPC Clermont CNRS / IN2P3 Univ. Blaise Pascal)
Description
The TileCal is the hadronic calorimeter covering the most central region of the ATLAS experiment at LHC. It is a sampling calorimeter with iron plates as absorber and plastic scintillating tiles as the active material. The scintillation light produced by the passage of charged particles is transmitted by wavelength shifting fibers to about 10000 photomultiplier tubes (PMTs). Integrated on the calorimeter there is a composite device that allows to monitor and/or equalize the signals at various stages of its formation. This device is based on signal generation from different sources: radioactive, LASER and charge injection and minimum bias events produces in proton-proton collisions.
In this contribution is given a brief description of the different systems hardware and presented the latest results on their performance, like the determination of the conversion factors, timing adjustment, linearity and stability. Foreseen improvements will be shown.
for the collaboration
On behalf of the ATLAS Tile Calorimeter group
