ALICE Forward Multiplicity Detector

/ Authors

C. H. Christensen, J. Gaardhøje, K. Gulbrandsen, B. Nielsen, C. Søgaard

/ Abstract

The ALICE Forward Multiplicity Detector (FMD) is a silicon strip detector with 51,200 strips arranged in 5 rings, covering the range −3.4 < η < 5.1. It is placed around the beam pipe at small angles to extend the charged particle acceptance of ALICE into the forward regions, not covered by the central barrel detectors.

DOI: 10.1142/S0218301307008057