THE MUON DETECTION SYSTEM

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THE MUON DETECTION SYSTEM FOR THE CBM EXPERIMENT
AT FAIR/GSI A. Kiseleva1,2, E. Kryshen2, and
M. Ryzhinskiy3 1 GSI, Darmstadt, Germany 2
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina,
Russia 3 SPbSPU, Sankt-Petersburg, Russia
The Compressed Baryonic Matter (CBM) experiment
is designed to study the properties of hot and
dense strongly interacting matter as created in
high-energy nucleus-nucleus collisions at the
future international Facility of Antiproton and
Ion Research (FAIR) in Darmstadt.
CBM physics topics and observables
E-mail a.kiseleva_at_gsi.de
1. In-medium modifications of hadrons onset
of chiral symmetry restoration at high densities
?B measure ?, ?, f ? ee- / µµ-
open charm (D mesons) 2.
Strangeness in matter (strange matter?)
enhanced strangeness production ? measure K,
?, S, ?, O 3. Indications for deconfinement at
high ?B anomalous charmonium suppression
? measure J/?, ?' ? ee- / µµ-
D0 ? Kp, D ? Kpp softening of
EOS measure flow excitation function
4. Critical point event-by-event
fluctuations 5. Color superconductivity
precursor effects ?
Trigger feasibility study
Event suppression factor
?x,?y
x0,y0
AuAu collisions at 25 AGeV
z0
Detector prototypes GEMs
Pads
Readout electronics
PCB
Argon
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Support structure
Fasteners
GEM foils