Papers by Patricia Ruiz Valdez
During autumn 2008, the Silicon Strip Tracker was operated with the full CMS experiment in a comp... more During autumn 2008, the Silicon Strip Tracker was operated with the full CMS experiment in a comprehensive test, in the presence of the 3.8 T magnetic field produced by the CMS superconducting solenoid. Cosmic ray muons were detected in the muon chambers and used to trigger the readout of all CMS sub-detectors. About 15 million events with a muon in the tracker were collected. The efficiency of hit and track reconstruction were measured to be higher than 99% and consistent with expectations from Monte Carlo simulation. This article details the commissioning and performance of the Silicon Strip Tracker with cosmic ray muons. muon data were recorded in the presence of a solenoidal field up to the maximum design value of 4 T. The results from this period of data-taking are described elsewhere . Construction of the full SST was completed in 2007 and 15% of the full SST was commissioned and operated for several months prior to installation in the underground CMS experimental hall. The results of this period of stand-alone operation, known as the Slice Test, are also described elsewhere .
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Papers by Patricia Ruiz Valdez