<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . "Exploring the performance limits of the ALICE Time Projection Chamber and Transition Radiation Detector for measuring identified hadron production at the LHC"^^ . "The Time Projection Chamber (TPC) and Transition Radiation Detector (TRD) are the\r\nmain tracking and particle identification devices in the ALICE experiment at the CERN\r\nLHC. This thesis studies aspects of their performance beyond the original designs. This\r\nincludes extending the TPC momentum measurement for cosmic rays to sub-TeV scale,\r\ninvestigating a robust identification method for electrons and hadrons by the TRD, and\r\ndeveloping new approaches to characterize the TPC and TRD signals. These studies lead\r\nto an intriguing observation of the transition radiation from sub-TeV cosmic muons, and\r\na universal method -- the TPC coherent fit -- to extract yields of different particle species\r\nwith momentum from 0.5 to above 20 GeV/c.\r\n\r\nWith the TPC coherent fit, transverse momentum spectra (0.6 < pt < 20 GeV/c) of pions,\r\nkaons and protons at mid-rapidity (|y|<~0.8) in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 2.76 and 7 TeV and\r\nPb-Pb collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 2.76 TeV at the LHC are measured. In this unified approach\r\nboth the anomalous enhancement of the proton-to-pion ratio at moderate pt (2-8 GeV/c)\r\n(the so-called baryon anomaly) and the nuclear modification of particle yields up to\r\nhigh pt (> 10 GeV/c) in Pb-Pb collisions are observed. The particle production is also\r\nstudied in jets from pp collisions at 7 TeV and the results are well described by Perugia-0\r\ntune of PYTHIA6.\r\n"^^ . "2013" . . . . . . . "Xianguo"^^ . "Lu"^^ . "Xianguo Lu"^^ . . . . . . "Exploring the performance limits of the ALICE Time Projection Chamber and Transition Radiation Detector for measuring identified hadron production at the LHC (PDF)"^^ . . . "xglu_Dissertation_20130813.pdf"^^ . . . "Exploring the performance limits of the ALICE Time Projection Chamber and Transition Radiation Detector for measuring identified hadron production at the LHC (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Exploring the performance limits of the ALICE Time Projection Chamber and Transition Radiation Detector for measuring identified hadron production at the LHC (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Exploring the performance limits of the ALICE Time Projection Chamber and Transition Radiation Detector for measuring identified hadron production at the LHC (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Exploring the performance limits of the ALICE Time Projection Chamber and Transition Radiation Detector for measuring identified hadron production at the LHC (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Exploring the performance limits of the ALICE Time Projection Chamber and Transition Radiation Detector for measuring identified hadron production at the LHC (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #15651 \n\nExploring the performance limits of the ALICE Time Projection Chamber and Transition Radiation Detector for measuring identified hadron production at the LHC\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "530 Physik"@de . "530 Physics"@en . .