Precision measurement of the structure of the CMS inner tracking system using nuclear interactions

Authors

A. M. Sirunyan, Yerevan Physics Institute
CMS Collaboration, CMS CollaborationFollow

Date of this Version

2018

Citation

JINST 13 P10034

Comments

© 2018 CERN

Open access

https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/13/10/P10034

Abstract

The structure of the CMS inner tracking system has been studied using nuclear interactions of hadrons striking its material. Data from proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV recorded in 2015 at the LHC are used to reconstruct millions of secondary vertices from these nuclear interactions. Precise positions of the beam pipe and the inner tracking system elements, such as the pixel detector support tube, and barrel pixel detector inner shield and support rails, are determined using these vertices. These measurements are important for detector simulations, detector upgrades, and to identify any changes in the positions of inactive elements.