C. Garabatos

Publication List Details

Period

1987 - 2009

Number

120

Co-Authors

A comprehensive study of rate capability in Multi-Wire Proportional Chambers (2009)

Andronic, A., Garabatos, C., Gonzalez-Diaz, D., Kalweit, A., Uhlig, F.

Systematic measurements on the rate capability of thin MWPCs operated in Xenon, Argon and Neon mixtures using CO2 as UV-quencher are presented. A good agreement between data and existing models has...

Detector Control System for the ALICE Time Projection Chamber (2009)

U. Frankenfeld, P. Braun-munzinger, C. Garabatos, R. Renfordt, H. Sann, H. R. Schmidt, ...

The Alice experiment is operated by a hierarchical structure of control layers. The various sub-detectors of the AL-ICE experiment are controlled by the Detector Control System (DCS). The topmost...

Azimuthal dependence of pion source radii in Pb+Au collisions at 158 A GeV (2008)

Adamova, CERES Collaboration: D., Agakichiev, G., Andronic, A., Antonczyk, D., Appelshaeuser, H., Belaga, V., ...

We present results of a two-pion correlation analysis performed with the Au+Pb collision data collected by the upgraded CERES experiment in the fall of 2000. The analysis was done in bins of the...

Study Of Materials Outgassing And Their Effect On Gaseous Detector Lifetime (2007)

Bouclier Capens Garabatos, R. Bouclier, M. Capens, C. Garabatos, G. Manzin, G. Million, ...

This note gives a compilation of data about the effect of materials outgassing on gaseous detectors lifetime, and in particular, for Micro Strip Gas Chambers. Data has been obtained either from...

Modification of the rho-meson detected by low-mass electron-positron pairs in central Pb-Au collisions at 158 A GeV/c (2006)

Adamová, D, Agakichiev, G, Appelshäuser, H, Belaga, V, Bielcikova, J, Braun-munziger, P, ...

We present a measurement of $e^+e^-$ pair production in central Pb-Au collisions at 158$A$ GeV/$c$. As reported earlier, a significant excess of the $e^+e^-$ pair yield over the expectation from...

Leptonic and charged kaon decay modes of the $\phi$ meson measured in heavy-ion collisions at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron (2005)

Adamova, D, Agakichiev, G, Antonczyk, D, Appelshäuser, H, Belaga, V, Bielcikova, J, ...

We report a measurement of $\phi$ meson production in central Pb+Au collisions at E$_{lab}$/A=158 GeV. For the first time in heavy-ion collisions, $\phi$ mesons were reconstructed in the same...

Position Reconstruction in Drift Chambers operated with Xe, CO2 (15%) (2005)

Adler, C, Andronic, A, Appelshäuser, H, Bielcikova, J, Blume, C, Braun-Munzinger, P, ...

We present measurements of position and angular resolution of drift chambers operated with a Xe,CO$_2$(15%) mixture. The results are compared to Monte Carlo simulations and important systematic...

Event-by-event fluctuations at SPS (2004)

Appelshäuser, H, Adamova, D, Agakichiev, G, Belaga, V, Braun-Munzinger, P, Castillo, A, ...

Results on event-by-event fluctuations of the mean transverse momentum and net charge in Pb-Au collisions, measured by the CERES Collaboration at CERN-SPS, are presented. We discuss the centrality...

Transition Radiation Spectroscopy with Prototypes of the ALICE TRD (2004)

Busch, O, Adler, C, Andronic, A, Angelov, V, Appelshäuser, H, Blume, C, ...

We present measurements of the transition radiation (TR) spectrum produced in an irregular radiator at different electron momenta. The data are compared to simulations of TR from a regular radiator.

Drift velocity and gain in argon- and xenon-based mixtures (2004)

Andronic, A., Biagi, S., Braun-Munzinger, P., Garabatos, C., Tsiledakis, G.

We present measurements of drift velocities and gains in gas mixtures based on Ar and Xe, with CO2, CH4, and N2 as quenchers, and compare them with calculations. In particular, we show the dependence...

ALICE: Physics performance report, Volume 1 (2004)

Carminati, F., Foka, P., Giubellino, P., Morsch, A., Paic, G., ...

ALICE is a general-purpose heavy-ion experiment designed to study the physics of strongly interacting matter and the quark–gluon plasma in nucleus–nucleus collisions at the LHC. It currently...

ALICE: Physics performance report, Volume 1 (2004)

Carminati, F., Foka, P., Giubellino, P., Morsch, A., Paic, G., ...

ALICE is a general-purpose heavy-ion experiment designed to study the physics of strongly interacting matter and the quark–gluon plasma in nucleus–nucleus collisions at the LHC. It currently...

Event-by-event fluctuations of the mean transverse momentum in 40, 80, and 158 A GeV/c Pb---Au collisions (2003)

Adamová,D., Agakichiev,G., Appelshäuser,H., Belaga,V., Braun-Munzinger,P., Campagnolo,R., ...

Measurements of event-by-event fluctuations of the mean transverse momentum in Pb–Au collisions at 40, 80, and 158 AGeV/c are presented. A significant excess of mean pT fluctuations at mid-rapidity...

Energy loss of pions and electrons of 1 to 6 GeV/c in drift chambers operated with Xe,CO2(15\%) (2003)

Andronic, A, Appelshäuser, H, Braun-Munzinger, P, Bucher, D, Busch, O, Catanescu, V, ...

We present measurements of the energy loss of pions and electrons in drift chambers operated with a Xe,CO2(15%) mixture. The measurements are carried out for particle momenta from 1 to 6 GeV/c using...

Enhanced Production of Low-Mass Electron-Positron Pairs in 40-AGeV Pb-Au Collisions at the CERN SPS (2003)

Adamová,D., Agakichiev,G., Appelshäuser,H., Belaga,V., Braun-Munzinger,P., Cherlin,A., ...

We report on first measurements of low-mass electron-positron pairs in Pb-Au collisions at the CERN SPS beam energy of 40 AGeV. The observed pair yield integrated over the range of invariant masses...

Event-by-event fluctuations of the mean transverse momentum in 40, 80, and 158 A GeV/c Pb-Au collisions (2003)

Adamova, D, Agakichiev, G, Appelshäuser, H, Belaga, V V, Braun-Munzinger, P, Campagnolo, R, ...

Measurements of event-by-event fluctuations of the mean transverse momentum in Pb-Au collisions at 40, 80, and 158 A GeV/c are presented. A significant excess of mean p_T fluctuations at mid-rapidity...

Latest results from CERES/NA45 (2003)

Adamová,D., Agakichiev,G., Appelshäuser,H., Belaga,V., Braun-Munzinger,P., Campagnolo,R., ...

In this talk latest results from the analysis of e ‘e--pairs emitted in Pb+Au collisions at, 40 AGeV/c and a combined analysis of all data available at 158 AGeV/c are presented. The enhancement of...

Flow and non-flow event anisotropies at the SPS (2003)

Adamová,D., Agakichiev,G., Appelshäuser,H., Belaga,V., Braun-Munzinger,P., Campagnolo,R., ...

A study of differential elliptic event anisotropies (2) of charge particles and high-pT pions in 158 AGeV/c Pb+Au collisions is presented. Results from correlations with respect to the event plane...

Beam energy and centrality dependence of two-pion Bose–Einstein correlations at SPS energies (2003)

Adamová,D., Agakichiev,G., Appelshäuser,H., Belaga,V., Braun-Munzinger,P., Campagnolo,R., ...

Results are presented of a two-pion interferometry (HBT) analysis in Pb+Au collisions at 40, 80, and 158 A GeV. A detailed study of the Bertsch–Pratt HBT radius parameters has been performed as...

Universal pion freeze-out in heavy-ion collisions (2003)

Adamova,D., Agakichiev,G., Appelshauser,H., Belaga,V., Braun-Munzinger,P., Castillo,A., ...

Based on an evaluation of data on pion interferometry and on particle yields at midrapidity, we propose a universal condition for thermal freeze-out of pions in heavy-ion collisions. We show that...

Beam energy and centrality dependence of two-pion Bose–Einstein correlations at SPS energies (2003)

Adamová, D., Agakichiev, G., Appelshäuser, H., Belaga, V., Braun-Munzinger, P., Campagnolo, R., ...

Results are presented of a two-pion interferometry (HBT) analysis in Pb+Au collisions at 40, 80, and 158 A GeV. A detailed study of the Bertsch–Pratt HBT radius parameters has been performed as...

Enhanced Production of Low-Mass Electron-Positron Pairs in 40-AGeV Pb-Au Collisions at the CERN SPS (2003)

Adamová, D., Agakichiev, G., Appelshäuser, H., Belaga, V., Braun-Munzinger, P., Cherlin, A., ...

We report on first measurements of low-mass electron-positron pairs in Pb-Au collisions at the CERN SPS beam energy of 40 AGeV. The observed pair yield integrated over the range of invariant masses...

Event-by-event fluctuations of the mean transverse momentum in 40, 80, and 158 A GeV/c Pb---Au collisions (2003)

Adamová, D., Agakichiev, G., Appelshäuser, H., Belaga, V., Braun-Munzinger, P., Campagnolo, R., ...

Measurements of event-by-event fluctuations of the mean transverse momentum in Pb–Au collisions at 40, 80, and 158 AGeV/c are presented. A significant excess of mean pT fluctuations at mid-rapidity...

Latest results from CERES/NA45 (2003)

Adamová, D., Agakichiev, G., Appelshäuser, H., Belaga, V., Braun-Munzinger, P., Campagnolo, R., ...

In this talk latest results from the analysis of e ‘e--pairs emitted in Pb+Au collisions at, 40 AGeV/c and a combined analysis of all data available at 158 AGeV/c are presented. The enhancement of...

Universal pion freeze-out in heavy-ion collisions (2003)

Adamova, D., Agakichiev, G., Appelshauser, H., Belaga, V., Braun-Munzinger, P., Castillo, A., ...

Based on an evaluation of data on pion interferometry and on particle yields at midrapidity, we propose a universal condition for thermal freeze-out of pions in heavy-ion collisions. We show that...

Flow and non-flow event anisotropies at the SPS (2003)

Adamová, D., Agakichiev, G., Appelshäuser, H., Belaga, V., Braun-Munzinger, P., Campagnolo, R., ...

A study of differential elliptic event anisotropies (2) of charge particles and high-pT pions in 158 AGeV/c Pb+Au collisions is presented. Results from correlations with respect to the event plane...

Latest Results from CERES/NA45 (2002)

Wessels, J P, Adamova, D, Agakichiev, G, Appelshuser, H, Belaga, V, Braun-Munzinger, P, ...

In this talk latest results from the analysis of e+e- pairs emitted in Pb+Au collisions at 40 AGeV/c and a combined analysis of all data available at 158 AGeV/c are presented. The enhancement of...

Enhanced production of low-mass electron-positron pairs in 40-AGeV Pb-Au collisions at the CERN SPS (2002)

Adamova, D, Agakichiev, G, Appelshäuser, H, Belaga, V, Braun-Munzinger, P, Cherlin, A, ...

We report on first measurements of low-mass electron pairs in Pb-Au collisions at the lower SPS beam energy of 40 AGeV. The pair yield integrated over the range of invariant masses 0.2

Universal pion freeze-out in heavy-ion collisions (2002)

Adamova, D, Agakichiev, G, Appelshäuser, H, Belaga, V, Braun-Munzinger, P, Castillo, A, ...

Based on an evaluation of recent systematic data on two-pion interferometry and on measured particle yields at mid-rapidity, we propose a universal condition for thermal freeze-out of pions in...

Lambda production in 40 A GeV/c Pb–Au collisions (2002)

Adamová,D., Agakichiev,G., Appelshäuser,H., Belaga,V., Braun-Munzinger,P., Cherlin,A., ...

During the 1999 lead run, CERES has measured hadron and electron-pair production at 40 A GeV/c beam momentum with the spectrometer upgraded by the addition of a radial TPC. Here the analysis of and...

Lambda production in 40 A GeV/c Pb–Au collisions (2002)

Adamová, D., Agakichiev, G., Appelshäuser, H., Belaga, V., Braun-Munzinger, P., Cherlin, A., ...

During the 1999 lead run, CERES has measured hadron and electron-pair production at 40 A GeV/c beam momentum with the spectrometer upgraded by the addition of a radial TPC. Here the analysis of and...

Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) as readout for the ALICE TPC (2000)

Bächler, J, Garabatos, C, Meyer, T, Hoch, M, Przybyla, T, Sann, H, ...

Presented at the International Workshop on Micro Pattern Gas Detectors, Orsay, 28-30 June 1999We present and discuss the results of systematic measurements carried out with a prototype TPC, in order...

A large streamer chamber muon tracking detector in a high-flux fixed-target application (1999)

Adams, D, Adeva, B, Arik, E, Arvidson, A, Badelek, B, Ballintijn, M K, ...

Arrays of limited streamer tubes of the Iarocci type were deployed in our experiment at CERN as part of a forward muon detector system with provisions for the beam to pass through the center of each...

Ageing of microstrip gas chambers: problems and solutions (1996)

Bouclier, Roger, Capéans-Garrido, M, Garabatos, C, Manzin, G, Million, Gilbert, Ropelewski, Leszek, ...

The experimental set-up and the procedures used for studying the long-term behaviour of micro-strip gas chambers under sustained irradiation are described in detail. The most significant measurements...

Large enhancement of deuteron polarization with frequency modulated microwaves (1995)

Adeva, B, Ahmad, E, Arik, S, Arvidson, A, Badelek, B, Ballintijn, M K, ...

We report a large enhancement of 1.7 in deuteron polarization up to values of 0.6 due to frequency modulation of the polarizing microwaves in a two liters polarized target using the method of dynamic...

Optimization of design and beam test of microstrip gas chambers (1995)

Bouclier, Roger, Capéans-Garrido, M, Evans, J, Garabatos, C, Manzin, G, Million, Gilbert, ...

We describe recent experimental and theoretical work aimed at optimizing the geometry and the operation of micro-strip gas chambers in order to improve their performance and reliability. With the...