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Operation and performance of the CMS silicon strip tracker with proton-proton collisions at the CERN LHC

  • The CMS collaboration
  • A. Alikhanian Yerevan Institute of Physics
  • Institut für Hochenergiephysik der OeAW
  • University of Antwerp
  • Vrije Universiteit Brussel
  • Université Libre de Bruxelles
  • Ghent University
  • Université catholique de Louvain
  • Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas
  • Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
  • Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho
  • Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
  • University of Sofia
  • Universidad de Tarapacá
  • Beihang University
  • Tsinghua University
  • Institute of High Energy Physics Chinese Academy of Science
  • Peking University
  • Sun Yat-Sen University
  • University of Science and Technology of China
  • Nanjing Normal University
  • Fudan University
  • Zhejiang University
  • Universidad de los Andes Colombia
  • Universidad de Antioquia
  • University of Split
  • Faculty of Science, University of Split
  • Institute Rudjer Boskovic
  • University of Cyprus
  • Charles University
  • Escuela Politecnica Nacional
  • Egyptian Network of High Energy Physics
  • Fayoum University
  • National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics, Tallinn
  • University of Helsinki
  • Helsinki Institute of Physics
  • Lappeenranta University of Technology
  • Université Paris-Saclay
  • Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet
  • Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien
  • Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon
  • Georgian Technical University
  • RWTH Aachen University
  • Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY)
  • University of Hamburg
  • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
  • NCSR Demokritos
  • National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
  • National Technical University of Athens
  • University of Ioannina
  • KFKI Research Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics
  • Eötvös Loránd University
  • University of Debrecen
  • Institute for Nuclear Research
  • Eszterhazy Karoly University
  • Panjab University
  • University of Delhi
  • Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics
  • Indian Institute of Technology Madras
  • Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
  • An OCC of Homi Bhabha National Institute
  • Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune
  • Isfahan University of Technology
  • Institute for Research for Fundamental Sciences
  • University College Dublin
  • INFN Sezione di Bari
  • Université di Bari
  • Polytechnic University of Bari
  • INFN Sezione di Bologna
  • University of Bologna
  • National Institute for Nuclear Physics
  • University of Catania
  • INFN Sezione di Firenze
  • University of Florence
  • University of Genoa
  • Université di Milano-Bicocca
  • INFN Sezione di Napoli
  • University of Naples Federico II
  • Université della Basilicata
  • INFN Sezione di Padova
  • University of Padua
  • INFN Sezione di Pavia
  • Université di Pavia
  • INFN Sezione di Perugia
  • Université di Perugia

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Abstract

Salient aspects of the commissioning, calibration, and performance of the CMS silicon strip tracker are discussed, drawing on experience during operation with proton-proton collisions delivered by the CERN LHC. The data were obtained with a variety of luminosities. The operating temperature of the strip tracker was changed several times during this period and results are shown as a function of temperature in several cases. Details of the system performance are presented, including occupancy, signal-to-noise ratio, Lorentz angle, and single-hit spatial resolution. Saturation effects in the APV25 readout chip preamplifier observed during early Run 2 are presented, showing the effect on various observables and the subsequent remedy. Studies of radiation effects on the strip tracker are presented both for the optical readout links and the silicon sensors. The observed effects are compared to simulation, where available, and they generally agree well with expectations.

Original languageEnglish
Article numberP08027
JournalJournal of Instrumentation
Volume20
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Aug 2025

Keywords

  • Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics
  • Particle tracking detectors
  • Particle tracking detectors (Solid-state detectors)

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