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This page resumes the status of the simulation of the Alice detector. If you think any of this information should be updated or corrected please contact Federico Carminati.

Question marks mean that the information does not exist or I have not received it yet. A fairly complete simulation exists in FLUKA for background studies and we will fill the table soon.

GEANT 3.21 FLUKAGEANT 4

ABSO Muon Absorber
Services/Support: See NoteNO
Detailed: OKNO
Simulation Contact: A.Morsch
Notes: Realistic support but not 100% identical to engineering design.

CASTOR Small Angle Calorimeter
Services/Support: NONO
Coarse: NONO
Detailed: OKNO
Hits: NONO
Simulation Contact: A.Angelis
Software Contact: A.Angelis
Notes:

DIPO Magnet Dipole
Services/Support: NONO
Detailed: NONO
Simulation Contact: A.Morsch
Notes: Design in dubna not yet final, help from Dubna (M. Bondila) arriving in August for 5 month.

FMD Forward multiplicity detector
Services/Support: NONO
Coarse: NONO
Detailed: OKNO
Hits: NONO
Simulation Contact: Valeriy Kondratiev
Software Contact: Valeriy Kondratiev
Notes: Coarse description and update of the detailed one expected by September

FRAME Space Frame
Services/Support: OKNO
Detailed: OKNO
Simulation Contact: A.Morsch
Notes: More or less realistic but not identical to engineering design.

HALL Experimental Hall
Services/Support: See NoteNO
Detailed: See NoteNO
Simulation Contact: A.Morsch
Notes: Not very detailed but maybe sufficient.

ITS Inner Tracking System
Services/Support: ?NO
Coarse: ?NO
Detailed: ?NO
Hits: ?NO
Simulation Contact: R.Barbera (?)
Software Contact: NO
Notes:

MAG L3 Magnet
Services/Support: NONO
Detailed: NONO
Simulation Contact: A.Morsch
Notes: Only coarse description, but ok for the moment.

MUON Muon Chambers
Services/Support: NONO
Coarse: NONO
Detailed: NONO
Hits: NONO
Simulation Contact: NO
Software Contact: NO
Notes: The chamber are simple disks.

PHOS Photon Spectrometer
Services/Support: ?NO
Coarse: OKNO
Detailed: OKNO
Hits: OKNO
Simulation Contact: M.Volkov
Software Contact: NO
Notes:

PIPE Beam Pipe
Services/Support: ?NO
Detailed: OKNO
Simulation Contact: A.Morsch
Notes:

PMD Photon Multiplicity Detector
Services/Support: NONO
Coarse: NONO
Detailed: OKNO
Hits: NONO
Simulation Contact: S. Chattopadhyay
Software Contact: NO
Notes:

RICH Ring Cherenkov
Services/Support: ?NO
Coarse: ?NO
Detailed: OKNO
Hits: OKNO
Simulation Contact: N.Colonna (?)
Software Contact: NO
Notes:

SHIL Muon Shield
Services/Support: ?NO
Detailed: OKNO
Simulation Contact: A.Morsch
Notes: Final design and decission still pending, collaboration with Dubna.

TOF Time of Flight
Services/Support: NONO
Coarse: OKNO
Detailed: NONO
Hits: NONO
Simulation Contact: A.Smirnitski
Software Contact: NO
Notes:

TPC Time Projection Chamber
Services/Support: See NoteNO
Coarse: OKNO
Detailed: OKNO
Hits: OKNO
Simulation Contact: M.Kowalski
Software Contact: M.Kowalski
Notes: End plate support structure still missing. There is some estimate for the electronics + cooling. Also the end flanges (spoke wheels) are there.

TRD Transition Radiation Detector
Services/Support: NONO
Coarse: NONO
Detailed: OKNO
Hits: NONO
Simulation Contact: A.Sandoval (?)
Software Contact: NO
Notes:

ZDC Zero Degree Calorimeter
Services/Support: NONO
Coarse: NONO
Detailed: NONO
Hits: NONO
Simulation Contact: E.Scomparin
Software Contact: NO
Notes: The code is already available and has to be implemented. Also dipoles and quadrupoles are needed for ZDC studies. These exist partially as FLUKA input.



by Federico Carminati