Helsinki Institute of Physics
Helsinki Institute of Physics
 

Detector Laboratory

Information:


Address:

Helsinki Institute of Physics
P.O.Box 64
(Gustaf Hällströminkatu 2)
FIN-00014 University of Helsinki

Finnish Cosmic Muon Rack

Kuva

Detector Laboratory hosts Finnish Cosmic Muon Rack (FinnCRack), a reference telescope based on CMS Tracker Outer Barrel (TOB) silicon strip detectors measuring tracks of incoming cosmic particles. The system includes CMS type read-out electronics and data acquisition. The FinnCRack is situated inside a cooling box including liquid cooling.

FinnCRack is used as a test station provinding real data for testing CMS Tracker functionality and for developing CMS software. In addition, it can be used as a reference telescope for testing novel silicon detector concepts being developed for the CMS upgrade.

Additional information:

CMS Tracker project homepage