Digital Hadron Calorimetry for the Linear Collider using GEM.docVIP

Digital Hadron Calorimetry for the Linear Collider using GEM Technology University of Texas at Arlington Andrew Brandt, Kaushik De, Shahnoor Habib, Venkat Kaushik, Jia Li, Mark Sosebee, Andy White*1, Jae Yu*2 1 GEM detector contact: awhite@uta.edu, (817) 272-2812(office), (817) 272-2824 (FAX) 2 Simulation contact: yu@fnal.gov, (817) 272-2814(office), (817) 272-2824 (FAX) Overview of Project The UTA group proposes research and development of digital hadron calorimetry using Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) technology for the sensitive gaps. We plan to construct prototypes to understand the characteristics of GEM and its operation in the first year of the proposal. We plan to construct simulation packages that implement GEM based digital hadron calorimetry. We also plan to contribute to development of energy flow and calorimeter tracking algorithms. Digital Hadron Calorimeter Digital hadron calorimetry holds significant promise for achieving the excellent energy resolution required at a linear collider, while containing subsystem costs at a manageable level. By using small calorimeter cells, typically a few cm2, it is possible to track charged particles in the calorimeter and associate energy depositions with the corresponding tracks measured in the tracking system. After removal of this “charged energy”, the remaining neutral energy is measured using the digital information from the neutral clusters (those without associated incoming charged track). Current estimates indicate that an overall hadronic (jet) energy resolution of 30%/(E should be achievable, using a digital hadron calorimetry along with the energy flow algorithm. An example of the need for this precision is the reconstruction of W and Z bosons from their hadronic decays. The fine granularity required for digital hadron calorimeter also allows for separation of W and Z bosons in the interactions. Development of GEM-based Digital Hadron Calorimetry The best technology for implementing digital hadro