Photon and pi^0 separation by shower shape analysis in the
Forward Calorimeter

dc.rights.license	CC-BY-NC-ND
dc.contributor.advisor	van Leeuwen, M.
dc.contributor.author	Zomer, G.
dc.date.accessioned	2013-11-06T18:00:51Z
dc.date.available	2013-11-06
dc.date.available	2013-11-06T18:00:51Z
dc.date.issued	2013
dc.identifier.uri	https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/15299
dc.description.abstract	Simulations were done to research single photon and pi^0 separation in the Forward Calorime- ter, which is proposed as an upgrade for ALICE at CERN. Photons from pi^0 decay form back- ground radiation for direct photon detection. In order to reject the background, the particle reconstruction needs to identify the particles correctly. Research on the cluster sizes is done to analyze the clusters left behind by single photons and pi^0 decay photons in the detector. To do this logarithmic weighting is used. The best value for the logarithmic weighting parameter w0 was w0 w 5:8.
dc.description.sponsorship	Utrecht University
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dc.language.iso	en
dc.title	Photon and pi^0 separation by shower shape analysis in the Forward Calorimeter
dc.type.content	Bachelor Thesis
dc.rights.accessrights	Open Access
dc.subject.keywords	FoCal, ALICE, cluster
dc.subject.courseuu	Natuur- en Sterrenkunde