Electromagnetic shower development in uranium and tungsten: A comparison of data from a silicon sampling calorimeter

Longitudinal electromagnetic shower development has been studied in uranium and tungsten using a sandwich calorimeter with silicon as the active medium. Data were taken with incoming electron energies of 2, 4 and 6 GeV. The silicon detectors were operated with depletion layers of both 200 and 70 μm....

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Published inNuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment Vol. 236; no. 2; pp. 316 - 320
Main Authors Barbiellini, G., Cecchet, G., Hemery, J.Y., Lemeilleur, F., Leroy, C., Levman, G., Rancoita, P.G., Seidman, A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier B.V 01.05.1985
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Summary:Longitudinal electromagnetic shower development has been studied in uranium and tungsten using a sandwich calorimeter with silicon as the active medium. Data were taken with incoming electron energies of 2, 4 and 6 GeV. The silicon detectors were operated with depletion layers of both 200 and 70 μm. The energy resolution of the calorimeter was reduced by less than 10–15% when the detectors had depleted layer widths of 70 μm.
ISSN:0168-9002
1872-9576
DOI:10.1016/0168-9002(85)90167-6