Arm1 detector

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The Arm1 detector is one of the forward calorimeter arms of the LHCf experiment at CERN, designed to measure neutral particles produced at very small angles in proton–proton collisions to improve models of cosmic-ray air showers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf detector subsystem
forward calorimeter
associatedWithExperiment LHCf
contributesTo cosmic-ray physics
tuning hadronic interaction models
understanding extensive air showers
dataUsedBy cosmic-ray air-shower simulations
designedFor proton–proton collisions
hasComponent electromagnetic calorimeter
hadronic calorimeter
hasCounterpart Arm2 detector
hasGeometry very small polar angles relative to the beam direction
hasPurpose improve models of cosmic-ray air showers
measure neutral particles produced at very small angles in proton–proton collisions
hasReadout position-sensitive layers
scintillator-based readout
hasTechnology sampling calorimeter
hostOrganization CERN
locatedAtAccelerator Large Hadron Collider
locatedAtInteractionPoint LHC insertion region for CMS
surface form: LHC interaction point IP1
locatedInFacility CERN
measures neutral pions
neutrons
photons
very forward neutral particles
operatesAt very forward pseudorapidity region
optimizedFor high-energy neutral particle detection
partOf LHCf
surface form: LHCf experiment
positionRelativeToBeam on one side of the interaction point

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LHCf hasSubsystem Arm1 detector