The hadron calorimeter of the compact muon solenoid (CMS)

Abstract

The Hadron Calorimeter of CMS is about 1,000 tons of copper and scintillator sandwich in a 4 tesla magnetic field. It will be built in three segments, the barrel surrounding the central portion and the two end caps. The scintillators will use a tower structure made of grooved megatiles with wavelength shifting (WLS) fibers imbedded inside the grooves. The coverage extends to η = 3.0 and is hermetic with very few gaps. The 1995 test beam data was taken inside a 3 tesla magnet showed that it will work in a magnetic field, but will require a tail catcher inside the muon system.