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ACORDE a Cosmic Ray Detector for ALICE

A. Fernandez, E. Gamez, G. Herrera, R. Lopez, M. I. Martinez, C. Pagliarone, G. Paic, S. Roman, G. Tejeda, M. A. Vargas, S. Vergara, L. Villase, A. Zepeda

physics.ins-detarXiv:physics/0606051

Abstract

ACORDE is one of the ALICE detectors, presently under construction at CERN. It consists of an array of plastic scintillator counters placed on the three upper faces of the ALICE magnet. It will act as a cosmic ray trigger, and, together with other ALICE sub-detectors, will provide precise information on cosmic rays with primary energies around 1015 ÷10-17 eV. Here we describe the design review of ACORDE along with the present status and integration into ALICE.

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