Testing and Calibration of the Electromagnetic Calorimeter for the Heavy Photon Search Experiment

POSTER

Abstract

The Heavy Photon Search (HPS) experiment at Jefferson Laboratory will search for hypothetical massive vector boson, called ``heavy photon.'' The experiment is expected to run in Hall B in the fall of 2014. In this first phase of the measurements, it will search for a heavy photon in the mass range of 20 to 200 MeV/c$^2$. In this mass range the heavy photon will decay into e$^+$e$^-$ pair. An electromagnetic calorimeter (Ecal) will be used to identify electrons and for triggering the readout. The Ecal is made of 442 lead-tungstate (PbWO$^4$) crystals with avalanche photodiode (APD) readout. I will present results from the calibration of cosmic ray testing.

Authors

  • Mathieu Ehrhart

    Old Dominion University