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Performance of the ALICE Time-Of-Flight detector at the LHC

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The Time-Of-Flight (TOF) detector of the ALICE experiment at the CERN LHC is based on Multi-gap Resistive Plate Chambers (MRPCs) technology. During the 2009-2013 data taking the TOF system had very stable operations with a total time resolution of 80ps. Details of the different calibration procedures and performance with data from collisions at the LHC will be described.

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  1. Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow, Russia

    A. Akindinov, S. Kiselev, D. Malkevich, A. Nedosekin & K. Voloshin

  2. Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    A. Agostinelli, S. Arcelli, M. Basile, F. Bellini, L. Cifarelli, M. Colocci, B. Guerzoni, G. Scioli & A. Zichichi

  3. Sezione di Bologna, INFN, Bologna, Italy

    A. Alici, A. Agostinelli, P. Antonioli, S. Arcelli, M. Basile, F. Bellini, G. Cara Romeo, L. Cifarelli, F. Cindolo, M. Colocci, B. Guerzoni, D. Hatzifotiadou, A. Margotti, R. Nania, F. Noferini, A. Pesci, O. Pinazza, R. Preghenella, E. Scapparone, G. Scioli, M. C. S. Williams, C. Zampolli & A. Zichichi

  4. Department of Physics, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung, Republic of Korea

    D. W. Kim, J. S. Kim & S. C. Lee

  5. Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Salerno, and INFN, Salerno, Italy

    A. De Caro, D. De Gruttola, S. De Pasquale, M. Fusco Girard & P. Pagano

  6. World Laboratory, Geneva, Switzerland

    K. Doroud

  7. Museo Storico della Fisica e Centro Studi e Ricerche “Enrico Fermi”, Roma, Italy

    A. Alici, L. Cifarelli, A. De Caro, D. De Gruttola, F. Noferini, R. Preghenella & A. Zichichi

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Akindinov, A., Alici, A., Agostinelli, A. et al. Performance of the ALICE Time-Of-Flight detector at the LHC. Eur. Phys. J. Plus 128, 44 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2013-13044-x

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