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Calibration and performance of the STAR Muon Telescope Detector using cosmic rays

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arxiv 1402.1078 v1 pith:L2EZR33M submitted 2014-02-05 physics.ins-det astro-ph.IMnucl-ex

Calibration and performance of the STAR Muon Telescope Detector using cosmic rays

C. Yang , X.J. Huang , C.M. Du , B.C. Huang , Z. Ahammed , A. Banerjee , P. Bhattarari , S. Biswas
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B. Bowen J. Butterworth M. Calder\'on de la Barca S\'anchez H. Carson S. Chattopadhyay D. Cebra H.F. Chen J.P. Cheng M. Codrington G. Eppley C. Flores F. Geurts G.W. Hoffmann A. Jentsch A. Kesich C. Li Y.J. Li W.J. Llope S. Mioduszewski Y. Mohamed T. Nussbaum A. Roy L. Ruan J.J. Schambach Y.J. Sun Y. Wang K. Xin Z. Xu S. Yang X.L. Zhu
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We report the timing and spatial resolution from the Muon Telescope Detector (MTD) installed in the STAR experiment at RHIC. Cosmic ray muons traversing the STAR detector have an average transverse momentum of 6 GeV/c. Due to their very small multiple scattering, these cosmic muons provide an ideal tool to calibrate the detectors and measure their timing and spatial resolution. The values obtained were ~100 ps and ~1-2 cm, respectively. These values are comparable to those obtained from cosmic-ray bench tests and test beams.

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