Mar CAPEANS GARRIDO
19thJuly 2004
List of Publications, Technical Notes and Contributions to International Conferences and Seminars
1. List of publications
[1] M.Capeans, M.Fraga, C.Garabatos, R.D.Heuer, E.de Lima, R.Mackenzie, K.Malmqvist, R.Marques, T.Mashimo,T.C.Meyer, L.Persson, G.Pfister, A.Policarpo, M.Salete, F.Sauli, K.Silander, M.Simona, H.J.Whitlow, A study to improve the radiation hardness of gaseous detectors for use at very high luminosities, CERN DRDC 92-50.
[2] M.Capeans, C.Garabatos, R.D.Heuer, R.Mackenzie, T.C.Meyer, F.Sauli, K.Silander, V.G.Bondarenko, V.A.Grigoriev, J.S.Markina, A.A.Kruglov, Ageing properties of straw proportional tubes with a Xe-CO2-CF4 gas mixture, Nucl. Instr. and Meth., A337 (1993) 122.
[3] M.Capeans, M.Fraga, C.Garabatos, R.D.Heuer, E.de Lima, R.Mackenzie, R.Marques, T.Mashimo,T.C.Meyer, G.Pfister, A.Policarpo, M.Salete, F.Sauli, M.Simona, A study to improve the radiation hardness of gaseous detectors for use at very high luminosities, CERN DRDC 93-52.
[4] R.Bouclier, M.Capeans, C.Garabatos, R.D.Heuer, M.Jeanrenaud, T.C.Meyer, F.Sauli, K.Silander, Results of wire chambers tests with CH4- and DME-based gas mixtures, Nucl. Instr. and Meth., A346 (1994) 114.
[5] R.Bouclier, M.Capeans, C.Garabatos, F.Sauli, K.Silander, Effects of outgassing from some materials on gas chamber ageing, Nucl. Instr. and Meth., A350 (1994) 464.
[6] R.Bouclier, M.Capeans, G.Fischer, C.Garabatos, G.Manzin, A.Peisert, L.Ropelewski, F.Sauli, J.C.Santiard, L.Shekhtman, T.Temmel, Signal analysis in micro-strip gas chambers, Proc. Int. Workshop on micro-strip gas chambers, 1994.
[7] R.Bouclier, M.Capeans, G.DellaMea, C.Garabatos, G.Maggioni, G.Manzin, G.Million, V.Rigato, L.Ropelewski, F.Sauli, E.Shefer, L.Shekhtman, T.Temmel, Micro-strip gas chambers with electron-conducting layers, Proc. Int. Workshop on micro-strip gas chambers, 1994.
[8] R.Bouclier, M.Capeans, C.Garabatos, G.Manzin, G.Million, L.Ropelewski, F.Sauli, L.Shekhtman, T.Temmel, K.Silander, Ageing Studies with Micro-strip gas chambers, Proc. Int. Workshop on micro-strip gas chambers, 1994.
[9] J.Bohm, R.Bouclier, M.Capeans, C.Garabatos, G.Manzin, G.Million, F.Sauli, L.Shekhtman, T.Temmel, High-rate operation and lifetime studies with micro-strip gas chambers. Nucl. Instr. and Meth., A360 (1995) 34.
[10] R.Bouclier, M.Capeans, C.Garabatos, G.Manzin, G.Million, L.Ropelewski, F.Sauli, L.Shekhtman, T.Temmel, V.Nagaslaev, Y.Pestov, A.Kuleshov, On some factors affecting discharge conditions in micro-strip gas chambers, Nucl. Instr. and Meth., A365 (1995) 65.
[11] R.Bouclier, M.Capeans, C.Garabatos, G.Manzin, G.Million, L.Ropelewski, F.Sauli, L.Shekhtman, T.Temmel, G.DellaMea, G.Maggioni, V.Rigato, Development of micro-strip gas chambers for high rate operation, Nucl. Instr. and Meth., A367 (1995) 168.
[12] R.Bouclier, M.Capeans, A.Di Mauro, C.Garabatos, G.Million, L. Ropelewski, T. Ropelewski-Temmel, F.Sauli, K.Silander, Some factors affecting the lifetime of micro-strip gas chambers operated at high rates in laboratory conditions, Proc. Int. Workshop on micro-strip gas chambers, Lyon 1995.
[13] R.Bouclier, M.Capeans, C.Garabatos, G.Manzin, G.Million, L.Ropelewski, F.Sauli, T.Temmel, L.Shekhtman, K.Silander, Ageing studies with micro-strip gas chambers, Nuclear Physics B (Proc. Suppl.) 44 (1995) 557.
[14] R.Bouclier, M.Capeans, J.Evans, C.Garabatos, G.Manzin, G.Million, L.Ropelewski, F.Sauli, L.Shekhtman, T.Temmel, G.Fischer, Optimization of design and beam tests of micro-strip gas chambers, Nucl. Instr. and Meth, A365 (1995) 163.
[15] R.Bouclier, M.Capeans, G.Million, L.Ropelewski, F.Sauli, T.Temmel, R.A.Cooke, S.Donnel, S.A.Sastri, N.Sonderer, High rate operation of micro-strip gas chambers on diamond coated glass, Nucl. Instr. and Meth, A369 (1995) 328.
[16] R.Bouclier, M.Capeans, M.Hoch, G.Million, L.Ropelewski, F.Sauli, T. TemmelRopelewski, High rate operation of micro-strip gas chambers, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Science NS-43 (1996) 1220.
[17] B.Boimska, R.Bouclier, M.Capeans, S.Claes, W.Dominik, M.Hoch, G.Million, L.Ropelewski, F.Sauli, A.Sharma, L.Shekhtman, W.Van Doninck, L.Van Lancker, Study of ageing and gain limits of micro-strip gas chambers at high rate, Nucl. Phys B 61B (1998) 498.
[18] A.Barr, B.Boimska, R.Bouclier, M.Capeans, W.Dominik, M.Hoch, G.Manzin, G.Million, L.Ropelewski, F.Sauli, A.Sharma, Diamond overcoated micro-strip gas chambers for high rate operation, Nuclear Physics B 61 B (1996) 315.
[19] R.Bouclier, M.Capeans; C.Garabatos, G.Manzin, G.Million, L.Ropelewski, F.Sauli, L.Shekhtman, K.Silander, T.RopelewskiTemmel, Ageing of micro-strip gas chambers: problems and solutions, Nucl. Instr. and Meth, A381 (1996) 289.
[20] A.Barr, R.Bouclier, M.Capeans, G.DellaMea, M.Hoch, G.Million, G.Manzin, L.Ropelewski, F.Sauli, Recent advances in the construction and testing of micro-strip gas chambers, Nucl. Instr. and Meth., A392 (1997) 99.
[21] M.Capeans, M.Hoch, L.Ropelewski, F.Sauli, L.Shekhtman, A.Sharma, The virtual cathode chamber, Nucl. Instr. and Meth, A400 (1997) 17.
[22] A.Barr et al., Construction, test and operation in a high intensity beam of a small system of micro-strip gas chambers, Nucl. Instr. and Meth, A403 (1998) 31.
[23] R.Bouclier, M.Capeans, W.Dominik, M.Hoch, J.C.Labbe, G.Million, L.Ropelewski, F.Sauli, A.Sharma, The gas electron multiplier, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. NS-44 (1997) 646.
[24] A.Barr, B.Boimska, R.Bouclier, M.Capeans, W.Dominik, M.Hoch, G.Manzin, G.Million, L.Ropelewski, F.Sauli, A.Sharma, Operation of high rate micro-strip gas chambers, Nucl. Phys. B 61B (1998) 264.
[25] B.Boimska, R.Bouclier, M.Capeans, W.Dominik, G.Million, L.Ropelewski, F.Sauli, A.Sharma, T.Temmel-Ropelewski, Progress with diamond overcoated micro-strip gas chambers, Nucl. Instrum. and Meth. A404 (1997) 57.
[26] C.Buttner, M.Capeans, W.Dominik, M.Hoch, J.C.Labbe, G.Manzin, G.Million, L.Ropelewski, F.Sauli, A.Sharma, Progress with the gas electron multiplier, Nucl. Instr. and Meth, A409 (1998) 79.
[27] J.Benlloch, A.Bressan, C.Buttner, M.Capeans, M.Gruwe, M.Hoch, J.C.Labbe, A.Placci, L.Ropelewski, F.Sauli, A.Sharma, R.Veenhof, Development of the gas electron multiplier, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. NS-45 (1998) 234.
[28] J.Benlloch, A.Bressan, M.Capeans, M.Gruwe, M.Hoch, J.C.Labbe, A.Placci, L.Ropelewski, F.Sauli, Further developments and beam tests of the gas electron multiplier (GEM), Nucl. Instr. and Meth, A419 (1998) 410.
[29] M.Capeans, Status of the outer tracker for the Hera-B experiment, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A446 (2000) 317.
[30] S.Bachmann, A.Bressan, M.Capeans, M.Deutel, S.Kappler, B.Ketzer, A.Polouektov, L.Ropelewski, F.Sauli, E.Schulte, L.Shekhtman, A.Sokolov, Discharge studies and their prevention in the gas electron multiplier (GEM), Nucl. Instr. and Meth, A479 (2002) 294.
[31] B.Ketzer, S.Bachmann, M.Capeans, M.Deutel, J.Friedrich, S.Kappler, I.Konorov, S.Paul, A.Placci, K.Reisinger, L.Ropelewski, L.Shekhtman, F.Sauli, GEM detectors for Compass, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. NS-48 (2001) 1065.
[32] C.Altunbas, M.Capeans, K,Dehmelt, J.Ehlers, J.Friedrich, I.Konorov, A.Gandi, S.Kappler, B.Ketzer, R.De Oliveira, S.Paul, A.Placci, L.Ropelewski, F.Sauli, F; F.Simon, M.van Stenis, Construction, test and commissioning of the triple-gem tracking detector for Compass, Nucl. Instr. and Meth, A490 (2002) 177.
[33] M.Capeans, Aging and Materials: Lessons for Detectors and Gas Systems, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 515 (2003) 73.
[34] I.Abt et al., Measurement of the bbbar Production Cross Section in 920 GeV Fixed-Target Proton-Nucleus Collisions, The European Physical Journal C Volume 26 Issue 3 (2003) pp 345-355.
[35] T.Akesson et al., Ageing Studies for the Atlas Transition Radiation Tracker (TRT), Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 515 (2003) 166.
[36] M.Capeans, K.Dehmelt, M.Hohmann, B.Schmidt, A Long-Term Study of the honeycomb Drift Tubes of Hera-B using a Circulated and Purified CF4-Gas Mixture, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 515 (2003) 140.
[37] H.Albrecht et al., Aging Studies for the large honeycomb drift tube system of the Outer Tracker of Hera-B, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 515 (2003) 155.
[38] M.Capeans, Ageing of Gaseous Detectors: assembly materials and procedures. ICFA Instrumentation Bulletin Vol. 22, Spring 2002 Issue.
[39] I.Abt et al., J-Psi Production via Chi_C Decays in 920 GeV pA Interactions, Physics Letters B561(2003) pp 61-72.
[40] I.Abt et al., Inclusive V0 Production Cross Sections from 920~GeV Fixed Target Proton-Nucleus Collisions, The European Physical Journal C Volume 29 (2) (2003) pp 181-190.
[41] T.Akesson et al., An X-ray scanner for wire chambers, Nucl. Instr. and Meth, A507 (2003) 622.
[42] H.Albrecht et al., The HERA-B Outer Tracker Detector, in publication in Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A.
[43] T.Akesson et al., ATLAS Transition Radiation Tracker Test Beam Results, in publication in Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A.
[44] T.Akesson et al., Operation of the ATLAS Transition Radiation Tracker under very high irradiation at the CERN LHC, in publication in Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A.
[45] T.Akesson et al., Status of design and construction of the ATLAS TRT, in publication in Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A.
[46] M.Capeans, The Transition Radiation Tracker of the ATLAS Experiment, IEEE Trans. on Nucl. Sci., Vol.51, No.3, 994 (2004).
[47] M.Capeans et al., Recent Aging Studies for the Transition Radiation Tracker of the ATLAS Experiment, IEEE Trans. on Nucl. Sci., Vol.51, No.3, 960 (2004).
[48]
M.Capeans, R.Larsen, M. Titov,
The NSS/MC Conference: A global meeting place, CERN Courier (2004).
[50]
P. Cwetanski et al.,
Acceptance Tests and Criteria of the ATLAS Transition Radiation Tracker,
IEEE Trans. on Nucl. Sci. 52:2911-2916 (2005).
[51]
T. Akesson et al., Aging
Effects in the ATLAS Transition Radiation Tracker and Gas Filtration Studies,
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference
Record, 2005 IEEE (2005).
[52] M.Capeans at al,
The Outer Tracker detector of the HERA-B experiment—Part I: Detector,
Nucl.
Instr. and Meth, A555
(2005) 310.
[53]
M.Capeans at al,
The Outer Tracker detector of the HERA-B experiment—Part II: Front-end
electronics,
Nucl. Instr. and Meth,
A541 (2005) 610.
[54]
T. Akesson et al., Acceptance
Tests and Criteria of the ATLAS Transition Radiation Tracker, IEEE Trans.
on Nucl. Sci. 2:1185-1190 (2005).
[55]
M.Capeans at al,
The outer tracker detector of the HERA-B experiment. Part III: Operation and
performance,
Nucl. Instr. and Meth,
A576 (2007) 312.
[56]
E. Abat et al., The ATLAS
Transition Radiation Tracker (TRT) proportional drift tube: design and
performance,
2008 JINST 3 P02013.
[57]
E. Abat et al., The ATLAS
TRT
Barrel Detector,
2008 JINST 3 P02014.
[58]
E. Abat et al., The ATLAS TRT
Electronics, 2008 JINST 3 P06007.
[59]
E. Abat et al., The ATLAS TRT
end-cap detectors, 2008
JINST 3 P10003.
[60]
G.Aad,
The ATLAS Experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider,
J. Instrum. 3 (2008) S08003.
[61]
G.Aad,
Expected Performance of the ATLAS Experiment : Detector,
Trigger and Physics, arXiv:0901.0512
CERN-OPEN-2008-020 - 2008.
[62]
M.Alfonsi et al.,
R&D Proposal
Development of Micro-Pattern Gas Detector Technologies,
CERN-LHCC-2008-011; LHCC-P-001 - 2008.
[63]
M.Capeans, I. Glushkov, R. Guida, F. Hahn, S. Haider,
Studies of purification of the
Resistive Plate Chamber gas mixture for the Large Hadron Collider experiments,
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2008 IEEE
(2008).
[64] E.Abat et al., Combined performance tests before installation of the ATLAS Semiconductor and Transition Radiation Tracking Detectors, JINST 3: P08003, 2008.
[65] G.Aad et al., Expected Performance of the ATLAS Experiment - Detector, Trigger and Physics, e-Print: arXiv:0901.0512 [hep-ex], 2009.
[66] E.Abat et al., Study of the response of the ATLAS central calorimeter to pions of energies from 3 to 9 GeV, Nucl.Instrum.Meth. A607: 372-386, 2009.
[67] M.Capeans, S. Konovalov, A. Romaniouk, About aging of gas detectors: A Compilation of some validation studies carried out for LHC, CERN-PH-EP-TECH-NOTE-2009-002, 2009.
[68] ATLAS Collaboration, G.Aad at al., Readiness of the ATLAS Liquid Argon Calorimeter for LHC Collisions, Eur.Phys.J.C70:723-753, 2010.
[69]
ATLAS Collaboration, G.Aad at al., Drift Time Measurement in the ATLAS Liquid
Argon Electromagnetic Calorimeter using Cosmic Muons, Eur.Phys.J.C70:755-785,
2010.
[70]
ATLAS Collaboration, G.Aad at al., Charged-particle multiplicities in pp
interactions at sqrt(s) = 900 GeV measured with the ATLAS detector at the LHC,
Phys.Lett.B688:21-42, 2010.
[72] ATLAS Collaboration, G.Aad at
al., Performance of the ATLAS Detector using First Collision Data, JHEP
1009:056, 2010.
[73] ATLAS Collaboration, Commissioning of the ATLAS Muon Spectrometer with Cosmic Rays, Eur.Phys.J.C70:875-916,2010. e-Print: arXiv:1006.4384 [physics.ins-det].
[74] ATLAS Collaboration, Study of energy response and resolution of the ATLAS barrel calorimeter to hadrons of energies from 20-GeV to 350-GeV, Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A621:134-150, 2010.
[75] ATLAS Collaboration, Search for Diphoton Events with Large Missing Transverse Energy in 7 TeV Proton-Proton Collisions with the ATLAS Detector, e-Print: arXiv:1012.4272 [hep-ex].
[76] ATLAS Collaboration, Measurement of the inclusive isolated prompt photon cross section in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector, e-Print: arXiv:1012.4389 [hep-ex]
[77] ATLAS Collaboration, Charged-particle multiplicities in pp interactions measured with the ATLAS detector at the LHC, e-Print: arXiv:1012.5104 [hep-ex].
[78] ATLAS Collaboration, Measurement of the centrality dependence of J/{\psi} yields and observation of Z production in lead-lead collisions with the ATLAS detector at the LHC, e-Print: arXiv:1012.5419.
[79]
ATLAS Collaboration, G.Aad at al., Studies of the performance of the ATLAS
detector using cosmic-ray muons,
e-Print: arXiv:1011.6665 [physics.ins-det].
[84] M.Capeans et al., Optimal Gas
System for the Operation of Resistive Plate Chambers at the Large Hadron
Collider Experiments, TNS, 2010 IEEE Conf. Record.
[85] M.Capeans et al., Development
of a CF4 Recuperation Plant for the Cathode Strip Chambers Detector
at the CERN Compact Muon Solenoid Experiment, TNS, 2010 IEEE Conf. Record.
[86] ATLAS IBL Collaboration,
Insertable B-Layer Technical Design Report, CERN-LHCC-2010-013; ATLAS-TDR-019.
[87] ATLAS Collaboration, Study of Jet Shapes in Inclusive Jet Production in pp Collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV using the ATLAS Detector, CERN-PH-EP-2010-077, Jan 2011, e-Print: arXiv:1101.0070 [hep-ex].
2. Technical Notes
[1] R.Bouclier, M.Capeans, M.Hoch, G.Million, L.Ropelewski, F.Sauli, A.Sharma, L.Shekhtman, Long-term irradiation of a micro-strip gas chamber made of gold strips on electron-conducting c85-1 glass under several gas mixtures and cleanliness conditions, CERN-CMS 1996/015.
[2] B.Boimska, R.Bouclier, M.Capeans, W.Dominik, M.Hoch, G.Million, L.Ropelewski, F.Sauli, A.Sharma, Investigation of discharge limits in diamond coated micro-strip gas, CERN-CMS 1996/016.
[3] B.Boimska, R.Bouclier, M.Capeans, S.Claes, W.Dominik, M.Hoch, G.Million, L.Ropelewski, F.Sauli, A.Sharma, L.Shekhtman, W.Van Doninck, L.Van Lancker, Results of ageing tests on the forward MSGC banana prototype, CERN-CMS 1996/017.
[4] R.Bouclier, M.Capeans, G.Manzin, L.Ropelewski, F.Sauli, A.Sharma, L.Shekhtman, Gain limits in different types of micro-strip gas chambers with several gases in the presence of strongly ionizing irradiation, CERN-CMS TN 1996/018.
[5] R.Bouclier, M.Capeans, C.Garabatos, G.Manzin, G.Million, L. Ropelewski, F.Sauli, K.Silander, Study of material outgassing and their effect on gaseous detector lifetime, CERN-CMS TN 1996/038.
[6] B.Boimska, R.Bouclier, M.Capeans, W.Dominik, M.Hoch, G.Million, L.Ropelewski, F.Sauli, A.Sharma, Update on discharge studies on micro-strip gas chambers, CERN-CMS TN/1997/020.
[7] M.Capeans, B.Ketzer, A.Placci, L.Ropelewski, F.Sauli, M.van Stenis, Construction of GEM detectors for the Compass experiment, TA1/00-03, November 2000.
3. Talks given at International Conferences
[1] High-rate operation and lifetime studies with micro-strip gas chambers, 6th Pisa Meeting on Advanced Detectors, May 1994.
[2] Ageing studies with Micro Strip Gas Chambers, International Workshop on MicroStrip Gas Chambers, Legnaro (Italy), October 1994.
[3] Development of micro-strip gas chambers for high rate operation, 7th Int. Wire Chamber Conference, Vienna (Austria), February 1995.
[4] Some factors affecting the lifetime of micro-strip gas chambers operated at high rate in laboratory conditions, International Workshop on micro-strip gas chambers, Lyon (France), November 1995.
[5] Operation of high rate micro-strip gas chambers (Invited Review Talk), 5th Int. Conf. On advanced technology and particle physics, VillaOlmo, Como (Italy), October 1996.
[6] Status of the outer tracker for the Hera-B experiment, Beauty´99 Conference, Bled (Slovenia), June 1999.
[7] Aging and Materials: Lessons for Detectors and Gas Systems (Invited Review Talk), International Workshop on Aging of Gaseous Detectors, DESY, Hamburg (Germany), 2001.
[8] Atlas Transition Radiation Tracker (TRT) (Invited talk), 8th Topical Seminar on Innovative Particle and Radiation Detectors, Siena (Italy), 2002.
[9] Transition Radiation Tracker of the ATLAS Experiment, 2003 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Portland (USA), October 2003.
[10] Recent Aging Studies for the Transition Radiation Tracker of the ATLAS Experiment, 2003 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Portland (USA), October 2003.
4. Seminars
[1] The CMS tracker, Invited seminar at the University of Valencia, Spain, 1994.
[2] Development of micro-strip gas chambers for high luminosity experiments, Spanish Royal Physical Society R.S.E.F., Santiago de Compostela, Spain, April 1995.
[3] Highlights from the International Workshop on Aging Phenomena in Gaseous Detectors, CERN-EP Detector Seminar, November 2001, CERN.
[4] Aging of Gaseous Detectors, CERN-EST-SM Seminar, November 2001, CERN.
[5] Highlights of the 2003 IEEE Conference: instrumentation projects and trends, CERN-PH Detector Seminar, December 2003, CERN.
Ph.D Thesis
Study of the Ageing of Gaseous Detectors and Solutions for the Use of MSGCs in High Rate Experiments, Univ. Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 1995 > CERN-THESIS-95-004.pdf (8 MB)