Performance of the RPC-based ALICE muon trigger system at the LHC
Performance of the RPC-based ALICE muon trigger system at the LHC
The forward muon spectrometer of ALICE (A Large Ion Collider Experiment) is equipped with a trigger system made of four planes of Resistive Plate Chambers (RPC), arranged in two stations with two planes each, for a total area of about 140 m2. The system provides single and di-muon triggers with …