CASTOR: A Calorimeter for Search of "Strangelets" at the CMS Experiment at CERN


X. A. Aslanoglou
Abstract

In the search for Strange Quark Matter (SQM) and Exotic objects in Heavy Ion collisions at high energy, a new Electromagnetic plus Hadronic calorimeter, the CASTOR (Centauros And STrange Objects Research) calorimeter is now under construction. This calorimeter will operate in the experiment CMS at the LHC collider at CERN and is designed for the detection of Strange and Exotic objects at heavy ion collisions. Beam tests of two prototypes in the years 2003 and 2004, showed a good behavior of the instrument

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