Eur. Phys. J. C 32, s1.165-s1.177 (2004)
DOI: 10.1140/epjcd/s2003-01-0013-5

Particle identification with the ALICE TOF detector at very high particle multiplicity

A.N. Akindinov¹, A. Alici^{2, 3}, F. Anselmo³, P. Antonioli³, Y.W. Baek^{4, 5}, M. Basile^{2, 3}, G. Cara Romeo³, E. Cerron-Zeballos^{4, 5}, L. Cifarelli^{2, 3}, F. Cindolo³, F. Cosenza⁶, A. De Caro⁶, S. De Pasquale⁶, A. Di Bartolomeo⁶, M. Fusco Girard⁶, V. Golovine¹, M. Guida⁶, D. Hatzifotiadou³, A.B. Kaidalov¹, S.M. Kiselev¹, G. Laurenti³, E. Lioublev¹, M.L. Luvisetto³, A. Margotti³, A.N. Martemiyanov¹, S. Morozov^{4, 5}, R. Nania³, P. Otiougova^{4, 5}, A. Pesci³, F. Pierella^{2, 3}, P.A. Polozov¹, E. Scapparone³, G. Scioli^{2, 3}, S. Sellitto⁶, A.V. Smirnitski¹, M.M. Tchoumakov¹, G P. Vacca³, G. Valenti³, G. Venturi^{2, 3}, D. Vicinanza⁶, K.G. Voloshin¹, M.C.S. Williams³, S. Witoszynskyj^{4, 5}, B.V. Zagreev¹, C. Zampolli^{2, 3} and A. Zichichi<sup>2, 3

1</sup>  Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow, Russia
²  Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Bologna, Italy
³  INFN, Bologna, Italy
⁴  CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
⁵  World Laboratory, Lausanne, Switzerland
⁶  Dipartimento di Fisica "E.R. Caianiello" dell'Università and INFN, Salerno, Italy

(Received 4 August 2003 / Published online 13 October 2003)

Abstract

A procedure developed to achieve particle identification in very high multiplicity conditions using a complex time-of-flight system is illustrated in detail by simulating and studying the performance of the ALICE TOF detector in a realistic scenario of Pb-Pb and p-p interactions at LHC.

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