Analysis of data collected by the time-of-flight detector in CERN’s NA61/SHINE experiment.
Supervisor: Prof. dr hab. Wojciech Dominik, email: dominik@fuw.edu.pl
In the NA61/SHINE experiment, the time-of-flight measurement of a charged particle provides, in addition to information about energy losses in Time Projection Chambers (TPCs), important information to identify charged particles produced in heavy ion collisions. The subject of the exercise is the analysis of analog signals recorded by the new reading electronics of the ToF detector that is part of the detection system of the NA61/SHINE experiment. The student’s tasks will include the implementation of tools enabling precise time measurement based on the recorded signals, as well as determining the time resolution of the ToF detector used in the experiment. The implementation of the exercise requires basic programming skills (knowledge of the ROOT environment is welcome).