Technical design report for the CODEX-β demonstrator

• Published in: Journal of instrumentation Vol. 20; no. 7; p. T07007
• Main Authors: Aielli, Giulio, Alimena, Juliette, Balcarcel-Salazar, Saul, Beacham, James, Haim, Eli Ben, Burucs, András Barnabás, Cardarelli, Roberto, Charles, Matthew J., Vidal, Xabier Cid, Roeck, Albert De, Dey, Biplab, Dobrescu, Silviu, Durmus, Ozgur, Elashri, Mohamed, Gligorov, Vladimir V., Suarez, Rebeca Gonzalez, Gorordo, Thomas, Gray, Zarria, Henderson, Conor, Henry, Louis, Ilten, Philip, Johnson, Daniel, Kautz, Jacob, Knapen, Simon, Liu, Bingxuan, Liu, Yang, Soliño, Saul López, Pérez, Pablo Eduardo Menéndez-Valdés, Mombächer, Titus, Nachman, Benjamin, Northacker, David T., Nowak, Gabriel M., Papucci, Michele, Pásztor, Gabriella, Rial, Eloi Pazos, Martínez, María Pereira, Peters, Michael, Pfaller, Jake, Pizzimento, Luca, Casasús, Máximo Pló, Rassati, Gian Andrea, Robinson, Dean J., Fernández, Emilio Xosé Rodríguez, Sahoo, Debashis, Simsek, Sinem, Sokoloff, Michael D., Subash, Joeal, Suresh, Aditya, Swallow, Paul, Swanson, James, Upadhyay, Abhinaba, Vari, Riccardo, Sierra, Carlos Vázquez, Veres, Gábor, Watson, Nigel, Wilkinson, Michael K., Williams, Michael, Winkler, Eleanor
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol IOP Publishing 01.07.2025
• Subjects: Dark Matter detectors (WIMPs, axions, etc.); Data collection; Large Hadron Collider; Particle tracking detectors; Radiation counters; Resistive-plate chambers

The CODEX- β apparatus is a demonstrator for the proposed future CODEX-b experiment, a long-lived-particle detector foreseen for operation at IP8 during HL-LHC data-taking. The demonstrator project, intended to collect data in 2025, is described, with a particular focus on the design, construction,...